Walker570 Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Another urban fox attack on a baby. When will these stupid people realise that if they feed foxes into their gardens and a small child squeals then the fox will assume it is food. RSPCA response was clueless as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Just looked it up and here is a link with the fluffy response from the RSPCA. https://news.sky.com/story/fox-could-have-ripped-baby-to-pieces-in-attack-at-familys-home-11250657 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 I saw this yesterday. The uncropped photos show bin bags full of rubbish on the back yard so even if hey were directly feeding it they have been drawing them in with an all you can eat rubbish buffet. Two positives I could draw from this are thank god we’ve only got foxes as the largest predator running round this country! If yogi bear had been in the house they wouldn’t have been worrying about a couple of bites because he’d have eaten her like a little chicken nugget and been halfway through eating grandad before anyone’s knew what was happening. And secondly thankfully we haven’t got rabies in this country! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 A damned clever fox to get in through a back door that was "latched." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 As per title, has anyone else seen this new story? Ban the killing of foxes... Yeah good one. So many in this county havent got a clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Brian May will deny that any fox would ever do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 something needs to be done ,we are getting to many urban foxes .The woman next door leaves the dogs food on the patio and my security lights are on and of all night , she said to me,,,, Dunc your lights keep coming on , I replied , its foxes eating your dogs food , now she waits up to watch them and puts out even more food , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 This isn't a new problem though, I have read this article. Potentially the same fox took a cat the night before. And urban foxes are becoming a problem everywhere and the more confident they get the more attacks will happen, a baby is no different to a lamb in the foxes eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) It always amazes me when people say so-and-so species won't attack humans. If they are small enough and smell of meat, they are prey. Edited February 15, 2018 by walshie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Metro headline reads, "Killer fox attacks baby" they love to over exaggerate.. The baby was not killed. Yes I believe that a fox would and could easily kill a child but to put that kind of headline is a bit OTT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 I heard on radio 2 earlier there is an estimated 150,000 'urban' foxes now, how can they honestly not look at that number and not think the numbers are out of control. Dread to think what went through that poor babes mind when it happened 1 hour ago, duncan said: something needs to be done ,we are getting to many urban foxes .The woman next door leaves the dogs food on the patio and my security lights are on and of all night , she said to me,,,, Dunc your lights keep coming on , I replied , its foxes eating your dogs food , now she waits up to watch them and puts out even more food , While you've got idiots who are going to willingly feed them, we'll always be fighting a loosing battle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, duncan said: something needs to be done ,we are getting to many urban foxes .The woman next door leaves the dogs food on the patio and my security lights are on and of all night , she said to me,,,, Dunc your lights keep coming on , I replied , its foxes eating your dogs food , now she waits up to watch them and puts out even more food , Put some food in your garden. That will draw the foxes in, allowing you to shoot them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, walshie said: It always amazes me when people say so-and-so species won't attack humans. If they are small enough and smell of meat, they are prey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 I would bet that urban foxes are larger than their country cousins given the diet of fast food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Urban foxes are nothing new. Back in the 70s, I had a cracking holiday in Teneriff paid for by fox pelts shot on the outskirts of south Birmingham. Lickey Hills, Fox Canyon we called the shallow valey leading up from Jnc 4 M5, Lydiate Ash. Poor night if we didn't get four or five in an evening. Average price back then was £28 a skin. Was it Cobbledick, Devon, Cornwall we used to send them to? What better call to record than a young baby, food to a fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 £28 a skin in the 70's that's quite a lot considering they are pretty worthless now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) 28 minutes ago, oowee said: £28 a skin in the 70's that's quite a lot considering they are pretty worthless now. That’s because they are a better class of fox in the West Midlands They don’t eat babies either. Edited February 15, 2018 by old'un Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howling Hound Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 4 hours ago, duncan said: something needs to be done ,we are getting to many urban foxes .The woman next door leaves the dogs food on the patio and my security lights are on and of all night , she said to me,,,, Dunc your lights keep coming on , I replied , its foxes eating your dogs food , now she waits up to watch them and puts out even more food , Ahhh Bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpy22 Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 1 hour ago, oowee said: £28 a skin in the 70's that's quite a lot considering they are pretty worthless now. big money back then. you would earn a few quid back then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Heard on the radio today that urban fox populations are at an all time high. Talking to a bloke in a RFD's today, he told me that last year he shot 81 ( rural ) foxes, explaining it was a poor year due to his shift patterns. The year before he shot 173! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 It’s a shame the skins are now worthless! There’s got to be a corner in the market for free range organic British fox fur rather than the Chinese stuff?! I’ve got two skins the wife wants making into a scarf. If I was a better seamstress I’d be knocking them out and selling them to posh hunty type women for £150 a piece ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Walker570 said: Urban foxes are nothing new. Back in the 70s, I had a cracking holiday in Teneriff paid for by fox pelts shot on the outskirts of south Birmingham. Lickey Hills, Fox Canyon we called the shallow valey leading up from Jnc 4 M5, Lydiate Ash. Poor night if we didn't get four or five in an evening. Average price back then was £28 a skin. Was it Cobbledick, Devon, Cornwall we used to send them to? What better call to record than a young baby, food to a fox. Spring pools? Used to be lots of rabbits around there....hardly see one now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 23 minutes ago, panoma1 said: Spring pools? Used to be lots of rabbits around there....hardly see one now! Yep, that's the place. Used to carry a car battery around in a shopping basket back then. Could shoot them with a 12 gauge as they would call right up to you. They did get a bit wary and we went up to my mates 10 gauge. Happy days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriBsa Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, oowee said: £28 a skin in the 70's that's quite a lot considering they are pretty worthless now. Just had a look on Ebay. Tanned Fox Pelts seem to be going for £55-£60. So down on 70's prices, but people must still be buying them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordnance Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 I would be more concerned about dog attacks, than one fox attack. Quote Official figures for England show 7,227 admissions for dog attacks in past year, compared with 4,110 a decade ago, with under-10s most likely to be admitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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