A red fox responsible for biting at least nine people on Capitol Hill tested positive for rabies, according to the District of Columbia Department of Health.
April 7, 2022 – Wednesday, a procedure that is required under Washington, DC, law for “wildlife that has bitten a person or animal, or caused a potential rabies exposure to a person or animal.”The animal’s kits, or baby foxes, were also captured Wednesday morning, but it is unclear if they, too, will be euthanized, or what next steps will be, according to DC Health officials.
Foxes are known to be very protective of their kits. They are only dangerous to humans when they are rabid, which is very rare, according to
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