Crime & Safety
Arlington Police Search For Person Setting Illegal Traps To Catch Foxes
Police say these metal clamping traps were banned in the 1970s. The traps were spotted in a mile radius near the Arlington-Lexington line.
October 6, 2023
ARLINGTON - Arlington police are on the hunt for the person responsible for using illegal traps to catch wild foxes. The devices left one animal permanently disfigured.
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The injured fox is named Phoenix and is recovering at Newhouse Wildlife Rescue. Police were able to chase him into someone's garage. It took three people to remove the jaws of the trap from his leg. He is one of two foxes to step into these traps. The other fox hasn't been caught but has been seen.
Arlington police say metal clamping traps like these were banned in the 1970s. The two traps were spotted in a mile radius near the Arlington-Lexington line.
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