After a few hours of searching, the short-lived public enemy number one of the US Capitol police has been caught: an aggressive fox that was attacking passers-by in the center of the federal capital Washington.
Several people had been “attacked or bitten” by a fox near the Hall of American Democracy, according to reports passed to Capitol Police by staff from Congress, where the Senate and House of Representatives are located.
A lair on Congress Hill
“Alert: Captured,” Capitol Police tweeted Tuesday afternoon along with photos of the slender white-and-rufous goose, locked in a cage after being nabbed in the green spaces of Congress Hill, where the animal might have established its lair.
“Foxes are wild animals that are very protective of their den and territory. Please do not approach them, ”demanded 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.