TIMES RECORD • April 5, 2021
Topsham police say a Mallett Drive resident was attacked by a fox Sunday morning. According to Police Chief Marc Hagan, the resident “managed to get hold of the fox as it attacked and held it” until officers arrived and killed the animal. No one was bitten during the incident, but the animal was sent by a game warden to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Augusta, where it tested positive for rabies. This is the fourth fox attack in Topsham in the last two weeks.