Washington, DC has a fox problem they need to get under control.
You'll remember we recently reported on the Capitol Hill Fox in DC
The fox bit a congressman and then the Capitol Police found the fox, captured it, and discovered it had rabies:
Well, that wasn't the end of DC's fox problem.
The other night, a fox got into the henhouse. Well, more literally, it got into the flamingo enclosure.
The National Zoo reports 25 flamingos were killed after a wily fox made its way into the zoo and took out the birds during the night.
Staff at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute are devastated and mourning the loss of 25 American flamingos and one Northern pintail duck killed by a wild fox yesterday in the Zoo's outdoor flamingo habitat. Three additional flamingos were injured and are being treated at the Zoo's veterinary hospital.
In the early morning of May 2, Bird House staff arrived to discover the deceased flamingos and sighted a fox in the Zoo's outdoor flamingo yards. The fox escaped the yard. The flock originally had 74 flamingos. The remaining flamingos were moved indoors to their barn and the ducks to a covered, secure outdoor space.
This is one of the worst tragedies to happen in a zoo since, well, you know...
It's a painful memory for me.
But I bet this fox is a legend among all of his fox friends.
"You're not going to believe this!"
"There were hundreds of them!"
"No, I'd never seen a pink bird before either!"
If a fox sees a free buffet he's going to take advantage of it!
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