LP: "It's not the fault of foxes, humans have taken away 1,000's acres of their natural habitat so they've had to adapt to living in a city and urban environment."There is no evidence for the above assertion ("taken away 1,000's of rural acres etc"). Such evidence as there is suggests strongly that rural fox populations are healthy even growing, along with urban populations:"In conclusion, censusing wild foxes is an extremely difficult thing to do and without regular attempts it is impossible to say precisely what is happening to the population. Nonetheless, the data we do have suggests that the national population has probably doubled in the last 20 years or so, with the spread in rural areas having continued apace since the 1980s. In all, there may be just shy of half a million foxes in the UK, with perhaps one-third resident in our towns and cities."https://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/questions/answer/are-fox-populations-increasing-in-britainThen again, we shouldn't be surprised at such a misconception, related as it is to another widely held myth which bears no relation to the facts, namely that the whole of England is being concreted over - it isn't!"... the proportion of England's landscape which is built on is… … 2.27%.Yes. According to the most detailed analysis ever conducted, almost 98% of England is, in their word, natural." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18623096 We need more food for thought and less food for foxes!
Richard Cathcart ● 2280d