COURIER-GAZETTE • May 20, 2021
Kendal Anderson said she was getting ready for a barbecue on her deck Wednesday when a fox came from running across nearby railroad tracks and grabbed her rat terrier/chihuahua mix, which had been lying down nearby. “My mama bear instinct kicked in,” Anderson said, and she grabbed the fox to try to pry her dog, June, free. The fox then bit her right hand. She slammed the animal against her deck but it would not loosen its grip on the dog. She finally freed June and tossed the fox over the tracks, but it came lunging back. Her screams caught the attention of a man in a nearby parking lot who ran over with a piece of lumber, and the fox ran.