Cell phone video was taken by one resident, and the fox appears to be an Arctic fox, which is not known in this region.
After two foxes tested positive for rabies in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., health officials are advising anyone who has come in contact with a fox to contact the local health centre and report the incident immediately.
There seems to be a large red fox population in the region around Nuiqsut, Alaska. When I last traveled there for work, I counted 5 red fox during a 1.5 hour-long car ride.
Several hundred thousand Arctic foxes are estimated to remain worldwide, but the population in Norway, Sweden and Finland has plummeted to just 250.
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