are foxes really the danger to people being suggested or is it propaganda from the pro-hunting lobby? an article from last year http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/07/stop-hounding-britain-urban-foxes
if theyre hungry they will eat anything, even babies as they don't know its a baby, just another small creature. I can understand where fox hunting came from, farmers protecting their livestock, but I don't agree with what its turned into.
me too. it's one thing killing a pest with a clean, expert shot but quite another to literally hound a poor animal to the point of exhaustion for the pomp and ceremony and 'sport'. i would have thought that urban foxes were aware of humans (so as to avoid them)?
The urbanisation of foxes has reduced their natural fear of humans. Like any predator it will prey on the weak. Twice, my little dog has been stalked by large male foxes and she near pooped herself! I haven't followed this latest story...how did the fox get into the house?
Its people feeding them and them prowling the streets that make them tame to humans, like squirrels, the red ones were very tame to humans and the grey ones in places can be tame too, my mum n dad live near a golf course and there is so many around there, the sound they make at night is harrowing!
They're after baby poo! Seriously - lots of protein in it and they scavange nappies from bins. But you have to ask yourself - 4 week old baby left in a room with an outside door or window open in this weather? Something a bit fishy here - I wonder if it was their/a friend/relative's dog.
mmm I agree, zed.Foxes can't open locked doors. However it is really worrying that the media are reporting these attacks with relish. there will be a public backlash against foxes
We get a vixen passing through at night presumably after inspecting next doors hen house and on its way to look at further meal prospects a couple of fields away. I certainly wouldn't try to feed it, make a nice fur hat though, and the only time I've seen it get sort of agressive was when a hedgehog wandered into its path and got kicked out of the way. I rather think that many people view them like a semi tamed dog, sure they're attractive creatures but at the end of the day they are a wild animal that will seek food anyway they can get it even if it means encroaching on human areas to do so. They also run off with shoes or gloves given half the chance.
This story really angers me .... We had a fox in the garden and when I tried to help it out - I made sure all doors and windows into the house were shut. I would not leave Dylan on his own. And I can't believe boris then says foxes need to be culled ..... Just dispose of your rubbish carefully, don't leave doors and windows open when you have a baby around ???
Yes there was a pest controller on BBC breakfast this morning who said it was the smell of the milk protein in the nappy it must likely was after but the baby must of moved so got bit in a defensive way.
i agree. i also suspect more to this story. i also think boris should be culled but i've thought that for a long while
*whispers* did you know that if you search 'london idiot' on twitter the top person suggestion is Boris Johnson? #justsaying
People round our way treat them like pets leaving food out for them and then replace their hedges with fences so my horses cant vault them
