Urban Foxes - aka homework

http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?search=veterinary&No=10&sitesearch-radio=guardian&go-guardian=Search
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/07/urban-fox-attack-london
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/07/fox-attack-twins

Well, the homework said just one new but they’re were quite related, so yeah…

In UK, citizens are having trouble with foxes that break into gardens and even indoors. People are getting from worried to scared, specially after the news that some baby twins were attacked but hopefully not seriously injured.

People want get rid of them, but they forgot they were the ones that brought them there: it’s a common practice to feed them and lure them to one’s garden, and if they don’t get any food directly from humans they eat garbage or (fortunately) hunt rats. Normally, they wouldn’t enter the houses, but young cubs are bolder than their parents, but even so they would only attack human if they feel panicked. And we should remember than dog attacks are far more common than occasional fox bites. Curiously, most people don’t report these incidents because they think authorities won’t believe them, so it’s hard to keep track of how many incidents they have been actually . Foxes aren’t really getting any comfort from this situation either: most of them die in roads at the age of two, when they leave the den to search for their own territory.

Even if you get rid of them, another pair will quickly fill the empty territory. Foxolutions recommend never feeding them in first place and keep the garbage firmly secure as simple, cheap and effective methods of keeping them away.