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London Fox Attacks Baby Twins.
Topic Started: Jun 8 2010, 01:24 AM (90 Views)
Vanilla
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(This is very unusual for fox attacks, although wild foxes do frequent the city and urban areas of London, for a fox to actually come into a house, go upstairs and attack, is most unusual here in the UK).

http://itn.co.uk/38b96a6b13ea0e07a52864cb30d033f7.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1284505/Baby-twins-Isabella-Lola-Koupparis-seriously-injured-fox-attack.html

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I read that this morning. Have never heard of such a thing! I would imagine a fox is not used to climbing stairs, must have been desperately hungry.
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angora
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That is astounding and horrible. More and more wildlife is coming into cities because their habitat is being destroyed. We should be looking into a solution for all concerned.

fuzzyo makes a good point - it is difficult to get most animals to climb stairs - even puppies and kittens - animals who are domesticated are reluctant at first.
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Heres a clip from an "experts" point of view, although I find it highly unlikely it would have been a cub.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8725000/8725312.stm
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angora
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Thanks for that clip, vanilla. It does sound strange doesnt it?

Here in Canada it is being reported that we have a hybrid fox, offspring of wolf and fox. They are bigger and less timid than foxes and might attack people. Two attacked and killed a hiker in the Maritimes. Strange things are apaw.
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What a strange freakish thing to happen. Seems it not only the two legged kind of speicies that is exhibiting strange behavious.
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It is just possible it could happen again, as foxes, particularly urban foxes, become habituated to less fear of humans.

Foxes are masters of opportunity, and if windows are open, some will enter, especially if there enticing aromas.
I wonder if there was a little food/milk residue around the babies, enough to draw a hungry fox?

There are now probably more urban than rural foxes in England these days. In Bristol some years ago, I actually saw a couple of cubs romping together under a parked car in the middle of the day.
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An appalling situation. I feel horribly for the parents, of course. And I'm glad I'm not a fox in that neighbourhood. Their days are numbered.

Situations like this are a near-inevitable consequence of the spread of human habitation at the expense of wildlife's.
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Are foxes rabid? Or susceptable to be infected with rabies? It seems like the the problems of coyotes in Los Angeles, and of course the Azaria Chamberlain affair where a dingo stole a baby from a camp site in Australia.
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Kahu no, we have strict rabies/quarantine rules here in the UK, although from 28 February 2000 they had become more relaxed making it easier now to take our dogs/cats abroad, ie: using a pet passport.

Quoting source: "In the UK the last human death from indigenous classical rabies occurred in 1902"
Edited by Vanilla, Jun 9 2010, 08:42 PM.
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