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Much like the right-leaning cable news network of the same name, Dems and journos would have been better off if they could have avoided this vixen.
A female fox believed to have bitten several people on Capitol Hill was captured and humanely euthanized on Wednesday.
It came a little too close fur comfort – allegedly biting a California congressman and about five other victims on Capitol Hill before high-tailing it around the Russell Senate Office Building…
…By around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said they’d outfoxed the furry fugitive, tweeting out pictures of their captive in a blue carry crate.
A Capitol police spokesperson told Fox News Digital that in all, “roughly six people reported bites or nips,” but an exact number of attacks was not immediately available.
“It is not clear if there was just one aggressive fox,” the spokesperson said, urging anyone else who encounters one to call DC Animal Control.
Source: Fox News
Fox News reporter Chad Pergram said that there could be more than one fox on the Capitol Grounds.
Fox is told there COULD more than one fox roaming the Capitol grounds. Animal control caught one Fox in the Russell Park Wed. But Fox has been told (hey, we have good sources, because, well, we’re Fox) that there may be a skulk of foxes (lookit, up folks) lurking on the grounds
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) April 6, 2022
#BREAKING: Captured. pic.twitter.com/LJAn2ZjH9J
— U.S. Capitol Police (@CapitolPolice) April 5, 2022
On Thursday morning, it was reported that the fox that was captured had tested positive for rabies. The fox had to be euthanized because the brain had to be examined in order to determine if it was rabid.
A fox that bit at least nine people, including a US lawmaker, near the US Capitol earlier this week tested positive for rabies after being euthanized, Washington, DC, health authorities said…
…DC Department of Health officials said on Wednesday that there were at least nine “confirmed” bites by the fox over the past few days, and that it was “humanely euthanized” so it could be tested for rabies, NBC News and The Washington Post reported.
“The DC Public Health lab has confirmed the fox that was captured yesterday tested positive for the rabies virus. DC Health is contacting all human victims who were bitten by the fox,” the department said in a Wednesday email, per NBC News.
Source: NBC News
Over the last few days, D.C. has been abuzz with fox sightings on Capitol Hill grounds.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) posted a video of a fox she saw on Capitol Hill in early April.
We have received several reports of aggressive fox encounters on or near the grounds of the U.S. Capitol.
For your safety, please do not approach any foxes.
Animal Control Officers are working to trap and relocate any foxes they find.
— U.S. Capitol Police (@CapitolPolice) April 5, 2022
With fewer people milling about the Capitol in the past two years, some wild animals have grown more comfortable in the area and made their homes on the lush grounds and several fox dens have been spotted.
A reporter from CQ Now posted a great photo he snapped of a red fox on Capitol Hill.
Spotted outside the Capitol: a red fox. I was sitting at a gazebo outside the Russell Senate Office building when this little one came trotting up. Then galloped after a squirrel pic.twitter.com/xrX4sMi9XU
— Michael Macagnone (@mikemacagnone) April 4, 2022
Now that Democrat lawmakers are being dragged back into the office from their “remote work” during the pandemic, there have been several reports in the last few days of people coming face to face with nature, and nature clearly had the upper hand. Several people were bitten by a fox near the Russell Senate Office Building on Monday.
FOX BITE ON CAPITOL HILL?— Ambulance 13 is headed to the Russell Senate Office Building for person reportedly bitten by a fox. @theHillisHome pic.twitter.com/rQB8II4gw4
— Alan Henney (@alanhenney) April 5, 2022
The House Sergeant-at-Arms, William J. Walker, said that at least three people reported fox bites to Capitol Police recently.
‘There are possibly several fox dens on Capitol Grounds,’ Walker said. ‘Animal Control is currently on the grounds seeking to trap and relocate any foxes they find.’
‘Foxes are wild animals that are very protective of their dens and territory. Please do not approach any fox you see,’ he added.
The fox was spotted Monday outside the United States Botanic Garden at the base of the Capitol and later on the Capitol’s southern side, according to the office.
A third incident was reported when Capitol Police said they ‘received a call about a fox approaching staff near First and C Street NE,’ which is not near where the first two encounters took place.
Source: Daily Mail
A Democrat Congressman from California, Ami Bera, was bitten on Monday night. He said that the bite didn’t break skin and he was able to scare the fox away with his umbrella.
What does the fox say? Last night, I found out…
Joking aside, animal bites are extremely serious. In the case of an encounter, please speak with a physician immediately: https://t.co/J4tmdlZzQI.
Happy to report that I am healthy and back at work serving the people of #CA07. https://t.co/rNX85ItmrK
— Ami Bera, M.D. (@RepBera) April 5, 2022
Rep. Ami Bera confirms he was BIT by the Senate fox last night
He described attack, which occurred near Russell building, as “unprovoked”
“I didn’t see it and all of a sudden I felt something lunge at the back of my leg,” Bera said.
“I jumped and got my umbrella,” he continues
— Heather Caygle (@heatherscope) April 5, 2022
UPDATE: Here's an exclusive picture of Bera's suit with the puncture marks from the fox
Bera told me the fox punctured his suit to his sock, but he did not see a wound on his skin.
(Photo courtesy of Bera's office) pic.twitter.com/ln1DdQJ8K1
— Heather Caygle (@heatherscope) April 5, 2022
A journo for POLITICO said that she was also bitten in the late afternoon on Tuesday.
That feel when you get bit by a fox leaving Capitol cause that’s of course something I expect in THE MIDDLE OF DC.
— Ximena (@Ximena_Bustillo) April 5, 2022
Capitol Hill Police and D.C. Animal Control were around areas where the fox had been spotted to capture it.
There were some wonderful photos that appeared to show the fox outfoxing animal control.
This is art @KevinDietsch pic.twitter.com/DQNoVzFtRa
— Alexis Johnson (@alexisjreports) April 5, 2022
In the end, the humans managed to capture the vixen.
Before it was revealed that the fox was rabid, she had become sort of a local hero for attacking Dems and journos.
There were even a couple of Twitter accounts that claimed to be the Capitol Fox demanding the fox be released.
"Keep my wife's name out your mouth." pic.twitter.com/xnJErQryQj
— CapitolHillFox ? (@CapitolHillFox) April 5, 2022
PLEASE SEE MY OFFICIAL STATEMENT BELOW! pic.twitter.com/n2nKZ2kGao
— Capitol Fox (@thecapitolfox) April 5, 2022
Comfortably Smug, co-host of the Ruthless Podcast and a must-follow on Twitter, weighed in.
They let blue blood senators bring their pampered pooches to their offices but one blue collar fox just trying to make ends meet? Immediately arrested.
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) April 5, 2022
But wait! There’s more. The female fox had kits that were found nearby.
DC Health said the captured fox was responsible for nine confirmed bites on Capitol Hill in an earlier statement and added that kits — or fox babies — were also found in the area.
“The fox was an adult female and kits were found and captured in the area where the fox was from earlier this morning. If this fox is determined to be the parent of the kits, they will be sent to a wildlife rehabilitation center, otherwise they will be relocated in the area they were found,” the statement said.
Source: ABC News
So, a mother was separated from her babies and then kill her because she was a “Fox.” Sounds like something that Dems and journos would just love to do with the “news babes” that are hosts on Fox News shows… but I digress…
***UPDATE***
The trio of kits found in the den were euthanized. Dems just can’t help but kill babies when given an opportunity, can they?
UPDATE: @_DCHealth tells @FreeBeacon that the three fox kits found in the den "were no longer able to be safely rehabilitated and were humanely euthanized" today.
A shocking end to this tragic story.https://t.co/mnRl4yp8Tx
— Tim Rice (@timerice1) April 7, 2022
***END UPDATE***
Interestingly, Rep. Bera says that he isn’t sure that the now ex-fox is the same one that bit him.
??? @RepBera now says he’s not sure the fox they caught yesterday was the one that bit him! (He managed to snap this photo of it)
Bera is all smiles today and says he’s feeling fine https://t.co/G1ed4iMMQL pic.twitter.com/HlezKJ2oEv
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) April 6, 2022
But now it appears that there could be a scandal brewing… with the photo that Bera shared. Sen. Josh Hawley’s Deputy Chief of Staff noticed that the photo that Rep. Bera was showing on his phone was the same one posted on Twitter by a staffer that works on the Hill.
.@ScottWongDC This is insane: A different person on the hill posted this EXACT SAME photo on April 4, and I assume he was fine based on the use of emoji. Someone is lying here. pic.twitter.com/uUUD6SovFE
— Kelli Ford (@KelliAFord) April 6, 2022
.@ScottWongDC so to clarify, he saved a hill staffer's photo of the fox to his phone, which he isn't sure is the same fox that bit him? But he's sharing it with reporters? I'm even more confused…
— Kelli Ford (@KelliAFord) April 6, 2022
Typical Democrat… take credit for something to create a narrative and then backpedal when caught.
Wild animals in urban settings can get very comfortable around humans but don’t like when their territory is “invaded.”
In late 2020, a CNN reporter was attacked by a raccoon just outside the White House right before going live with his report.
CNN reporter, @joejohnscnn, wrangles a rogue racoon moments before White House live cross. #9News pic.twitter.com/pkfA9EPHsS
— 9News Queensland (@9NewsQueensland) October 8, 2020
Even the wild animals in D.C. aren’t fond of journos.
But the $64,000 question is did the fox have rabies before or after biting the journo and the Democrat?
How do we know that the Fox didn't get rabies from one of the congressmen? https://t.co/oDeIelARpA
— Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.substack.com (@JordanSchachtel) April 7, 2022
I had some fun writing this article, but wild animal bites can be very serious. Don’t approach wild animals even in urban settings. Real life isn’t a Disney movie. If you have been bitten, seek medical attention. You don’t want to mess around with rabies.