Overview
- Ambulance Victoria responded about 6am to a homestead in Romsey, 60 kilometres north of Melbourne, after an animal-related incident.
- Advanced Life Support paramedics treated a man in his 50s for lower-body injuries and transported him to Northern Hospital in stable condition.
- Local reporting indicates the man was bitten by a fox on the property, though there has been no public confirmation of a capture or formal identification.
- A wildlife veterinarian said attacks on humans are out of the ordinary and noted foxes are encroaching into populated areas and growing bolder.
- Lort Smith Animal Hospital urged residents to stay calm, avoid approaching or feeding foxes, make noise to deter them, contact animal control for aggressive or persistent sightings, and secure properties.