Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestylePosters have been put up warning of the ‘attack squirrel’Residents in San Rafael, a San Francisco Bay Area city, are on high alert following a series of aggressive squirrel attacks. At least two women, Joan Heblack and Isabel Campoy, required emergency medical treatment after being attacked.Heblack described a squirrel clamping onto her leg, while Campoy reported one launching itself at her face before landing on her arm, leaving it bloodied. The community has posted flyers warning others of a “very mean squirrel” in the area.Marin Humane said that such behaviour is often due to people feeding the animals, confirming squirrels are not vectors for rabies, and said it will coordinate removal if attacks recur. In full‘Very mean’ squirrel attacks residents and sends at least two people to hospitalThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Warning issued over ‘attack squirrel’ which has sent several to ER
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestylePosters have been put up warning of the ‘attack squirrel’Residents in San Rafael, a San Francisco Bay Area city, are on high alert following a series of aggressive squirrel attacks. At least two women, Joan Heblack and Isabel Campoy, required emergency medical treatment after being attacked.Heblack described a squirrel clamping onto her leg, while Campoy reported one launching itself at her face before landing on her arm, leaving it bloodied. The community has posted flyers warning others of a “very mean squirrel” in the area.Marin Humane said that such behaviour is often due to people feeding the animals, confirming squirrels are not vectors for rabies, and said it will coordinate removal if attacks recur. In full‘Very mean’ squirrel attacks residents and sends at least two people to hospitalThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
