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Verified verbatimPrinceton University official TigerAlert archive (AppArmor push notification system, alert ID 87108), confirmed by multiple media outlets quoting the same text677 chars
Last night, an undergraduate student was bitten by a raccoon on the Princeton University campus. While the encounter happened near the Art Museum neighborhood, several other raccoon encounters were also reported in the Municipality of Princeton this morning. The University is in contact with Animal Control from the Municipality of Princeton, who is working to capture the animal. The animal on campus and in the community exhibited behaviors consistent with infection from rabies virus. If you see or have an encounter with a raccoon on campus, leave the area and contact the Department of Public Safety at 609-258-1000. Do not approach, feed, or touch wild or stray animals.
Verbatim from Princeton's official TigerAlert archive at princeton.apparmor.com (alert ID 87108), confirmed by NJ1015, CBS Philadelphia, Fox 29 Philadelphia, WHYY, and The Daily Princetonian — all quoting the same text.
The alert was issued the morning of December 5, 2023 (the day after the approximately 9:00 p.m. EST December 4 attack), which explains the phrase 'Last night, an undergraduate student was bitten.'
Issued as a discretionary health-and-safety advisory rather than a Clery timely warning, since an animal bite is not a Clery-reportable crime.