The female fox was euthanised and her three kits were also put down due to possible exposure.
A rabid fox has been "humanely euthanised" after at least biting nine people - including a congressman and a journalist - in Washington DC.
Three fox kits have also been put down after their mother was trapped and confirmed to have the disease. The fox attacks stirred up a frenzy on Capitol Hill, frequented by many politicians, as well as on Twitter.Reports of an aggressive fox began on Monday. The next day, Capitol Police trapped the fox for testing and confirmed she had rabies, an infectious disease that affects the nervous systems and is passed on through bites and scratches from an infected animal.
On Thursday, officials said her baby foxes had to also be euthanised since "the kits could have been exposed [to rabies] during grooming or other means".
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