<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man has been taken to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/hospitals/13" rel="" target="" title="hospital"><span>hospital</span></a><span> after he was attacked by a fox on his property north of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Paramedics rushed to a homestead in Romsey, 60 kilometres north of Melbourne in the Macedon Ranges, about 6am after reports of an "animal related incident".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Advanced life support paramedics treated a man in his 50s for lower body injuries after he was bitten by a fox.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/shark-bite-rose-bay-sydney/aeff3507-aaf1-4b5d-afca-dd998df7e929" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Boy fighting for life after attack by 'large' shark at Sydney Harbour beach</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was taken to Northern Hospital in a stable condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Exotic wildlife veterinarian Dr Nicole Su said attacks on humans by foxes were "really out of the ordinary".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Unfortunately we are seeing [foxes] encroaching onto more and more urban areas and we're having more sightings as well, and what we are seeing is they are getting bolder," she said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/fox-bite-macedon-ranges-man-hospitalised/b1386bfc-76db-4336-a7d3-5480da13c54a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is the first time I've heard of such a bad attack on a person, but I have heard of chickens snatched out of their coops, rabbits snatched out of their enclosures."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></a><span> </span><strong><span>and</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>