I live just across the street from the woman who made the call and was at home during this time. She was getting stuff out of her van when the fox just came up on her and was poised to attack her. She was able to throw something at him to get into her car. She did not in any way provoke the altercation. Most people I would think DO have enough intelligence not to try and pet a fox!! Another man down the street came up after the fracas and stated that his neighbor at the other end of Sharon Drive had almost been attacked right before that and also managed to get into his house. It killed a cat underneath a crawl space between the time my neighbor made the call and the police responded about 2 doors down. My guess is that it was rabid since it was being aggressive. We were also told by one of the people who responded that an attack against an elderly woman on Hood Avenue had happened shortly before this call. It would be easy for a fox to end up on Sharon Drive from Hood Avenue and most likely would be the same animal. She apparently was taken to the hospital because it bit her. My concern now is if in fact it turns out to have had rabies will our finest and animal control comb the woods around our neighborhood to make sure Mr. Fox didn't have a rabid Mrs. Fox or babies with him?

will our finest and animal control comb the woods around our neighborhood to make sure Mr. Fox didn't have a rabid Mrs. Fox or babies with him

From what I've been told (can't access the Ga DNR website right now to verify), it is illegal to trap foxes in the state of Ga except for Dec-Feb. That would not apply to rabid foxes, of course. But where do you draw the line? I say you draw the line at... if it isn't acting unnaturally, you leave it alone. (And duh, of course the fox shot today was acting unnaturally, and should've been taken care of, as it was.)

Foxes initiating contact with humans is a big sign of rabies. It shows the onset of mental illness. (Maybe Loggie is rabid). Foxes normally don't mess with humans.

I seriously doubt if this lady was poking that fox with a stick or something.

Good thing is that this saved an officer a trip to the range.