It’s been nearly six years since Parliament banned fox hunting, and within this time our four-legged friends have flourished, and in some cases they have even been found to enter the human domain. Over the pest few months we have heard loads of stories about the fox and even on were a fox went into an house went up stairs and attacked their babies leaving them permanently scared Then within a few weeks a
three year old boy was taken to hospital after being attacked by a fox, the boy was bitten on the arm during a party and it is thought that he went to stroke the tail of the animal which was sticking out from under a temporary building when it turned on him, in both cases the children were lucky that the injuries were not more serious.
Like it or not, foxes are now a permanent feature of most towns and cities. Often walking around late at night looking for food, mates, and new places to dwell. Some people see these urban foxes as smelly scavengers who wreak havoc in their gardens, doing no good and keeping people awake at night. After the recent attacks, a survey carried out in London revealed that almost 45% of Londoners said their opinion of wild animals had changed, and that 25% of people were now more aware of urban foxes and would not encourage them into their gardens.
Luckily enough, here in Manchester, Warrington, and Cheshire, we have not had that many problems with the foxes as yet