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Fox prompts elementary school lockdown in South Fla.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — A fox mistaken for a bobcat caused a South Florida elementary school to be temporarily locked down.

Grove Park Elementary School in Palm Beach Gardens was locked down for about a half-hour Monday morning.

The Palm Beach Post (http://goo.gl/o9qA13 ) reports that a private trapper was dispatched to the campus, where the fox was reported to be cornered at one point.