Fox chews through fence before killing 25 flamingos at zoo

A fox looks out from a cage after being captured on the grounds of the US Capitol in April 2022 (US Capitol Police/AP)

A fox chewed a hole in a supposedly predator-proof metal fence before killing 25 flamingos and hurting three others at a Washington zoo.

Keepers at the National Zoo made the macabre discovery when they entered the enclosure, which housed 74 of the wading birds, earlier this week.