This summer, observant Lake Placid residents noticed that several red foxes in the neighborhood from Stevens Road to Oneida Avenue were looking sick, with hair loss and thick crusty skin around their faces, legs and bodies. Experts say an outbreak of sarcoptic mange in foxes in the area is now in full force. When a fox population is high, as it is in Lake Placid this year, these mites spread easily by direct contact between animals, especially …
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