Dead fox in Durham County tests positive for rabies
WENDELL. SHE WAS ARRESTED BY
DEPUTIES AND WITH THE HOPE THE
U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE SOME
RESIDENTS AND WAKE FOREST
ROLESVILLE ARE DEALING WITH
SOME UNRULY VISITORS. 5 LARGE
PIGS HAVE CREATED QUITE A STIR
THAT TOOK A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> AND THIS IS ALSO CHRISTINE
LANE. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH
THE AREA THAT VIDEO WE SHOT OF
THE PIGS TONIGHT, KRIS KIRSTEN
CLARK JOINS US LIVE FROM
ROSEVILLE. KIRSTEN, YOU SAW
THE ANIMALS YOURSELF UP CLOSE
AND PERSONAL AND YOU TALK WITH
THESE RESIDENTS, HOW SERIOUS IS
THIS FOR THEM?
>> GERALD, THIS IS WHERE WE
LAST SAW THOSE PIGS RIGHT HERE
BEHIND THIS FENCE, MUNCHING ON
SOME CORN AND A COUPLE'S
BACKYARD. THOSE PICKS HAVE
SINCE TAKEN OFF IN INTO THE
WOODS. BUT IT WAS A WILD PIG
CHASE TO TRACK THEM DOWN THIS
EVENING.
>> WHEN WE ARRIVED, THAT TOOK
A WHOLE FRIDAY EVENING. THERE
WERE NO PIGS IN SIGHT, BUT
CAITLIN WAS EAGER TO TELL US
ALL ABOUT THEM. AND THERE ARE
5 PICKS JUST TROTTING ALONG
THE YARD.
>> HUNG OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
AND THEN THEY JUST KIND OF WENT
INTO THE WOODS.
>> SHE TOLD US HER HUSBAND
FIRST SPOTTED THE BIG SWELL OUT
MOWING THE LAWN.
>> TOOK THESE PICTURES OF THE
PIGS AND SHARED THEM TO
FACEBOOK, HOPING TO FIND THEIR
OWNER IN THE MEANTIME, HER
FAMILY KEPT THE PICK SPED WHILE
THEY MADE A PLAYGROUND AT HER
BACKYARD. AND THOUGH THEY
SEEMED HARMLESS, ANOTHER
NEIGHBOR TOLD US THE PIGS
CHARGED AT HER AND HER KIDS
FRIDAY MORNING, THOUGH, THEY
JUST START RUNNING TOWARDS US.
AND THEN THE NEIGHBOR ACROSS
THE STREET GOFF GOT OFF HER
PORCH. LUCKILY SHE WAS THERE
AND SEARCH SHOOING THEM AWAY.
IT WAS KIND OF SCARY FOR A
SECOND. AND HIS OWNER TOLD US
SHE CALLED ANIMAL CONTROL BUT
WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT
CORRAL THE DAYS AFTER THE
INTERVIEW. WE STILL WANTED TO
SEE THE PICKS FOR OURSELVES.
THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA LED
US RIGHT TO THEM. ONLY 7
MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD TO
CHRISTINE LEE, CRUZ HAGERMAN
AND HIS WIFE SHOWED US WHERE
THEY'VE BEEN FEEDING THE PIGS
AND THEIR BACKYARD. THE LAST
3 DAYS AND THEY SEEM TO KIND
OF.
>> MY GREAT FROM OUR HOUSE TO
OUR POND ACROSS THE STREET AND
THEN KIND OF A COMEBACK IN THE
EVENING BIGGER MINUTES. AND
THEY ALSO TRIED TO FIND THE
OWNERS OF THE LUCKY TICKET.
SO THEY EMBRACED THE HALLOWEEN.
AND JUST BEFOR THE PATH LAID
OUT FOR THIS FOR THE PAST 3
DAYS AND AND LOOK.
>> WE LAST SPOKE WITH HIS I'M
AROUND 8.30, THIS EVENING.
SHE SAYS SOMEONE ACTUALLY
REACHED OUT TO CLAIM THE PIGS,
THOUGH SHE STILL CONFIRMING
THAT IT IS REALLY THE OWNER.
SHE ALSO SAYS TO FARMERS
REACHED OUT AND OFFERED TO HELP
CORRAL THE PIGS EITHER TONIGHT
OR OR TOMORROW MORNING. IF NEED
BE, WE ARE STILL STAYING IN
TOUCH WITH NEWS ON FOR ANY
UPDATES ON THOSE PICKS LIVE IN
WAKE COUNTY. KIRSTIN, CLARK,
WRAL, NEWS.
>> TONIGHT WE LEARNED THAT A
FOX FOUND DEAD NEAR THE
CAROLINA ARE WAS COMMUNITY IN
DURHAM COUNTY WAS RABID THE
ANIMALS FOUND YESTERDAY.
AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FOX ATTACKS
IN THAT AREA OVER THE LAST FEW
DAYS. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID
A FOX HAS BITTEN OR SCRATCHED
PETS OR THEIR OWNERS, AT LEAST
3 TIMES WHILE WALKING IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. NO WORD ON
WHETHER THE FOX THAT TESTED
POSITIVE WAS ACTUALLY BEHIND
THOSE ATTACKS. HOWEVER, THE
SHERIFF SAYS THE DISCOVERY OF