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After a few hours of searching, the US Capitol Police’s short-lived public enemy number one has been caught: an aggressive fox. The animal attacked passers-by in the center of the federal capital Washington.
“ALERT: Captured,” Capitol Police tweeted Tuesday followingnoon along with photographs of the white-and-rufous slender-snout goblins locked in a cage following being nabbed in the greens of Congress Hill in the United States of America. ‘America.
Several people had been “attacked or bitten” by a fox near the Temple of American Democracy, according to reports sent to the Capitol police.
Very protective animals
This morning, Capitol Police “received a call regarding a fox approaching staff” working on Congress Hill. “This fox might have a den” in the green spaces that surround the various buildings of the Capitol, continued the police.
“Foxes are wild animals that are very protective of their den and their territory. Please do not approach them,” asked the Capitol police.
The presence of foxes in Washington and U.S. cities isn’t unusual, but they generally avoid humans, according to local environmental officials.
