The fox believed to have bitten a 4-year-old child at Westminster School for Young Children Tuesday has tested positive for rabies, according to Durham Animal control.

The child will continue to undergo post exposure rabies vaccinations.

Students attending a summer camp at Westminster School for Young Children were sent home after a fox bit the child on the playground Tuesday morning.

About fifty students attend the summer camp and about thirty students were on the playground during the incident.

Animal Control is teaming up with wildlife agent, Animals Be Gone, to capture a den of fox pups near the school grounds believed to be the offspring of the rabid, female fox.

Two baby foxes were already captured in the traps Wednesday morning and will be euthanized.

This is the fourth positive rabies case in this year for Durham County.

Animal Control officials warn that even though only four recorded positive rabies results since January this year, that number is not indicative of the number of animals that may be positive within the territorial boundaries of the County.

Animals are only sent in for testing for rabies when results need to be determined because they have exposed a human or a pet. Sick or injured animals that are impounded, but have not exposed domestic animals or pets are euthanized, but not tested.

Animal Control officials also warn citizens to stay away from wild animals and to refrain from feeding them in their backyards.

Durham County Animal Control offers rabies vaccinations to owners of dogs and cats for $10 at its office located at 3005 Glenn Road in Durham.

Vaccination times are from 10 a.m. to Noon and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If the times are inconvenient, citizens should call the office to make an appointment for a different weekday.