Fox population spike raises risk of rabies on Nunavik’s Hudson coast: Researcher – Nunatsiaq News
Jan 27, 2025
Scarcity of usual food sources and lack of sea ice driving foxes into communities
More foxes are making their way into some Nunavik villages this winter, bringing with them a growing risk of rabies.
Rabies is endemic in the fox population, meaning it always circulates, said Andreas Schaffhauser-Carpentier, spokesperson for the Nunavik Board of Health and Social Services.
They can transmit the disease to local dogs and “possibly to humans,” he said, adding “everyone should take precautions.”
