The students are undergoing post-exposure treatment as a precaution, according to Wallace, and three of them have returned to classes.

The cost of rabies treatment can exceed $3,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“There are multiple foxes, we know that,” Wallace said, and the university is getting help to trap the others.

Be on alert for potentially dangerous feral foxes on campus. We're asking our community to avoid the area behind the MOSE building, the nearby pathway, and the Georgia Tech track facility.



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Sidewalks are blocked off between the track and the Molecular Science and Engineering building on Wednesday. Georgia Tech is warning students and staff to be on alert after a rabid fox attacked students. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

The pathway where the animal attacked has been blocked off with tape and warning signs. Georgia Tech is asking the campus community to avoid the area out of an abundance of caution.

Abi Lewal, a student, told Channel 2 Action News she is taking a different route to class because she is scared of getting bit.

"A friend of mine in my research group said he saw one of the foxes around here,” she said. “I decided to take the long way so we wouldn't be accosted by whatever fox was over here.”

Signs and caution tape warn Georgia Tech students to stay away from an area of campus where there have been fox sightings. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

Georgia Tech is urging anyone who thinks they came in contact with one of the feral animals to seek medical treatment, as early symptoms of rabies are not specific. They could include fever, headache and fatigue, Wallace said.

Untreated rabies is fatal in humans.

Anyone who sees a fox on the Georgia Tech campus is asked to contact the school’s police department at 404-894-2500.