Ami Bera spokesman D-Calif. Learned firsthand Monday night as he walked to the Capitol for a vote. He is now undergoing a series of four anti-rabies shots with a lot of attention. Bera said he felt something fall from behind him as he walked near one of the Senate office buildings. He turned and used his umbrella to repel what he thought would be a small dog, but soon realized he was entangled with a fox. Bera said the meeting lasted about 15 seconds. A passerby shouted to alert others and the fox fled as U.S. Capitol police officers ran to the scene. A doctor, Bera, looked for puncture wounds. He did not see any evidence of any, but there was some friction, so he consulted the doctor of the Capitol, who told him not to take risks and to receive treatment. He said he went to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after voting for the first of a series of four shots. “I would say it is the most unusual day on the Hill in the last 10 years,” Bera said of his experience. Of course, there were plenty of funny reports on Fox News in the Capitol on Tuesday. But the House at Arms sergeant was serious when he told lawmakers and their staff Tuesday afternoon that there had been many recent fox encounters and that animals should not be approached. The warning noted that there are likely to be many foxes hiding in the Capitol and that animal control personnel would be looking to trap and locate anything they find. In at least one case, they were successful. Capitol police posted on Twitter photos of a fox that was safely captured in a cage. Bera was not in a bad mood for the culprit. “Hopefully the animal can be transported,” he said.
