[Closed] Fox attack

It was the Crack Fox.

It's Boris Johnson in a fox suit.

4 weeks old? For fox sake...

Poor little kid. Who would leave their newborn where a fox might find it? Sounds like propaganda from the pro-fox hunting campaign, to me...

What are you suspicious of?

Duffer - Member
4 weeks old? For fox sake...

Poor little kid. Who would leave their newborn where a fox might find it? Sounds like propaganda from the pro-fox hunting campaign, to me...

I can see the hunts riding through urban Britain now..... 😀

2 years since the last fox attack. How many dogs have attacked people in that time?

But Foxes are cute and cuddly, Why would they do something like that? 😉

Just thought I'd get it in before all the fox lovers start!

Murdering ginger beasts!
Carry on Hunting!

2 years since the last fox attack. How many dogs have attacked people in that time?

How many cat attacks?

How many Gerbil attacks?

You're comparing a domestic pet that live in people houses to wild creature, I wonder which one will be the highest. It's a tough one.

What are you suspicious of?

I have a vague recollection that the last person who claimed this had some pit-bull/staffy nutter dog that they didn't want taking the blame. Probably just a mail/express thought process by osmosis though.

How did the fox get in?

How did the fox get in?

he was shot out of a cannon by toffs!

Carry on Hunting

Fox, my arse ...
How did it get into a house ?
In february?

bren2709 - Member
ginger

All the reasons needed to go hunting right there

As no-one else seems to have properly read what happened, the fox apparently entered through a broken back door that the occupant was waiting for the council/housing association to fix.
Foxes are predators, and will go for easy prey if its available. Urban foxes are getting ever more used to hanging around homes where occupants leave food out, feed them by hand, and even encourage them indoors. I'm surprised that people on here fail to realise that having a large, omnivorous predator having access to homes with open doors and windows is going to literally end in tears.

You're comparing a domestic pet that live in people houses to wild creature, I wonder which one will be the highest. It's a tough one.

Yes we know the answer, but if people are prepared to let a "domesticated animal" live in their homes with a very small chance of it doing something unfortunate, why all the publicity on the first attack by a fox on someone in London for two years?

Foxes are mainly scavengers... And even if it did bite its finger off why would it spit it out and not finish the meal.

Sounds like negligent parents trying to blame something else. Probably trapped it in a door or let the kid play with scissors.

why all the publicity on the first attack by a fox on someone in London for two years?

As it's very unusual, apparently it's only the second alleged attack in 2 years. Why the publicity for dog attacks if they happen so often?

Probably trapped it in a door or let the kid play with scissors.

At 4 weeks old?

As no-one else seems to have properly read what happened, the fox apparently entered through a broken back door that the occupant was waiting for the council/housing association to fix.

If that is common knowledge, why was it not mentioned in either of the reports I read? Don't blame the reader for lazy journalism.

If that was indeed that situation, it still doesn't make total sense: Surely the occupier should have done everything in their power to secure the door while waiting for it to be fixed. How was it broken? The door must have been virtually hanging off it's hinges for a fox to be able to break in. They aren't renowned for carrying tools.

What ever happened to the kid, the chances of a fox being involved is rubbish ..
Great excuse to get the lame parents out of any responsibility , mind ....

[quote=mrmoofo said]How did it get into a house ?
In february?

Do foxes usually go away on holiday in Feb ?

Do foxes usually go away on holiday in Feb ?

Hunting infant babies is their holiday !!
And FFS, they go in August like everyone else ...

And FFS, they go in August like everyone else .

Yup Fox School means you can't go in term, bloody lazy Fox teachers.

So, lets get this right - not only did the fox try and eat her baby, but it kicked in her back doors as well?

There was a bloke from the Countryside Alliance* this morning offering an imaginative solution to the problem. It seemed to involve him and his friends, sporting red jackets, on horseback, and a pack of hounds. He was somewhat vague on the practicalities of how this was going to work in an urban environment

*There always seems to be a misplaced 'o' in their title

@Countzero, I don't question whether you're correct in the slightest, more curiosity.

feed them by hand, and even encourage them indoors

Have you seen this first hand or is it reported elsewhere?

It could have been a child's face ..... Apologies wrong animal.

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I don't think any of you are treating this story with the seriousness it deserves...next time it could be a child's face.

*There always seems to be a misplaced 'o' in their title

😀

Make sure that the morons leaving food out for the vermin stop doing it.

Regular culls. Just make sure you don't do it in a red jacket on a horse with dogs and using the wrong accent, 'cause that would be "cruel". Anything else goes, of course...

I quite like this idea:
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They are becoming brazen in urban areas, one followed me round the block the other evening when I walked my dogs....it disappeared when I let one of the dogs go after it!
Due to increasing numbers in towns and gardens there are companies popping up who will come and exterminate the fox if it's a nuisance...they are horrible creatures.

are foxes tasty?

They're foxylicious phil

Well dogs seem to like the smell of 'em

And posh blokes.they love 'em.

did wonder how it got into the house, its not like you leave the doors open for some fresh air in february!

saying that

I live in london

and whilst putting out the bins one night a few months back this guy pretty much wandered into our living room

sorry for the shoddy video

I reckon borris wants to set up a Hammersmith Hunt

http://www.cssh.org.uk/

🙂

Mr Woppit - Member
Regular culls. Just make sure you don't do it in a red jacket on a horse with dogs and using the wrong accent, 'cause that would be "cruel". Anything else goes, of course...

It's the ripped apart alive by dogs bit that's cruel. No problem with humane culling but an animal's suffering shouldn't be sport.

There's a dead fox in my field. Appears to have been shot some distance away (I haven't heard shooting for a while) and made its way on to my land.

Being killed by dogs is an all or nothing affair. More humane than shooting IMO.

I think the fox was just after some Sudocreme to put on it's sore worn stanchions.

Are foxes tasty ? Don't Comigel anymore ideas....findus crispy fox anyone ?

The problem is, foxes have no natural predators in the wild. To resolve the issue all we have to do is introduce some which will manage the fox population nicely and then all the children will be safe.

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5thElefant - Member
There's a dead fox in my field. Appears to have been shot some distance away (I haven't heard shooting for a while) and made its way on to my land.

Being killed by dogs is an all or nothing affair. More humane than shooting IMO.

Are they the only two options?

As no-one else seems to have properly read what happened, the fox apparently entered through a broken back door that the occupant was waiting for the council/housing association to fix.

Oh, that's right, they were waiting for the council to repair it as they are incapable of securing it themselves. Sums it up for me. 🙄

Large predator hunts for easy food shocker!
Fox person on R5 this morning said they go after used nappies "for the remaining protein contained within them". 😯
Having changed way too many nappies in my life I now have a new found admiration for foxes.

They are becoming brazen in urban areas, one followed me round the block the other evening when I walked my dogs....it disappeared when I let one of the dogs go after it!

That's what we need - small scale hunting is more appropriate in urban areas.

I've gone right off the RSPCA - in response to this they said a fox will only attack when scared. That must be some right 'ard baby.

As no-one else seems to have properly read what happened, the fox apparently entered through a broken back door that the occupant was waiting for the council/housing association to fix.

Well if they're only attacking council house tenants, and not nice middle class offspring, then whats all the fuss about? I'm surprised it even made the papers. Do you think this could be part of an experimental government scheme to reduce the benefits bill?

Utter nonsense.

This 'incident' is not far from where I live, other recent fox stories in the local rag include....

1) Bloke left his door open when putting the bins out, the fox wandered into his hallway. He said it could of attacked his family.

2) A couple claimed a fox tried to attack them in the street, they chased it off, only for it to be run over, They then admitted they made the whole story up.

3) In the Evening standard a few weeks back a woman claimed a fox follwed her and then bit her Ugg boots.

4) There was also a local story about a year ago when a fox apparently got in a house and bit a baby on the face.

Comical

The bloke next door to me leaves food out for the foxes, to the point where there is now 3 or 4 that live somewhere where the gardens intersect and just laze around during the day. One of them died in my garden and i wasn't half tempted to sling it over the fence towards his patio.

I saw a fox once.

4) There was also a local story about a year ago when a fox apparently got in a house and bit a baby on the face.

Comical

Yeah, totally hilarious. I mean, what could be funnier than a baby being attacked by a wild animal?

hounslow - Member
The bloke next door to me leaves food out for the foxes, to the point where there is now 3 or 4 that live somewhere where the gardens intersect and just laze around during the day.

Shoot them with an airgun, it wont kill them right away but they'll die eventually and will probably leave rather than live in your garden being peppered with airgun pellets.

 

A fox expert says "what a load of tosh".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/07/stop-hounding-britain-urban-foxes

I wonder how you get to be a fox expert?

From The Guardian article ^^

.......it's time to return to more factual, and balanced, reporting.

Shoot them with an airgun, it wont kill them right away but they'll die eventually

It worked with a rat that lived in my parents shed, it took a lot of pellets before it died though, at least 10....still, passed the time of an afternoon.

What sort of government is it that allows the continued intrusion of nature into the lives of the very people that put them in a position of power? I think the environment secretary should resign immediately.

This is pathetic. Every once in a while, a bear kills someone in Canada. they don't say "Let's kill every last bear!" They just make sure their doors are locked and carry bear spray.

Now a couple of people have turned their backs on an open door in an area where there are a lot of foxes and then act surprised when the fox decides to look around inside their house. We've already destroyed the large majority of their habitat and now we should kill them off just because they're trying their best to survive? Again, it's just pathetic.

all of the fox attacks seem to hve occurred daarn sarf which obviously means that suvvenors:
A-Neglect the safety of their young children.
B-Have smelly houses that attract foxes.
C-are complete liars and just resent foxes because they beat them to all of the discarded kebabs and pizza.

A-Neglect the safety of their young children.
B-Have smelly houses that attract foxes.
C-are complete liars and just resent foxes because they beat them to all of the discarded kebabs and pizza.

ahhh bracknell. or did it happen in aldershot? its one of the two based on your description.

Every once in a while, a bear kills someone in Canada. they don't say "Let's kill every last bear!" They just make sure their doors are locked and carry bear spray.

It's a bit odd, isn't it. A fox (allegedly) attacks a baby, so everyone wants to kill a load of completely different foxes. It's the sort of thinking that got the police in trouble a couple of decades back.

(Also, "bear spray"? How strong must that be, I've seen how much spray you need just to kill flies!)

What's going to happen the next time a swan breaks someones arm?

the best way to scare a bear off is to try and get your camera out to get a photo of it. it'll run off and look tiny in photos thus making you appear a big fat lying idiot when you tell people of that time you were 10ft away from a big bear.

In the UK, where there is less call for an aerosol so obnoxiously pungent that it will deter a hungry bear, alternative uses have been found:

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Every once in a while, a bear kills someone in Canada. they don't say "Let's kill every last bear!"

Who has suggested killing every last fox?

You're also aware that Canada culls thousands of bears every year?

What's going to happen the next time a swan breaks someones arm?

Don't be silly now, everyone knows that's never happened 😉

[url= https://twitter.com/GusTheFox ]Since the hunting ban kids have started eating horses and foxes have started eating kids. A shit hot food chain as far as I'm concerned.[/url]
GusTheFox

having a large, omnivorous predator

FFS!

This is a large omniverous predator
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This is a man eating fox
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..and these are nice shiny new council houses that don't have broken back doors for foxes to get in through.... work it out for yourself.
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and this is a fox trying to kick a cats back doors in.... large omniverous predator my arse!
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Cats and foxes seem to get on for some reason. My mates cat was often seen sharing it's dinner with a fox in the deepest darkest wilds of West Norwood!

edlong - Member

4) There was also a local story about a year ago when a fox apparently got in a house and bit a baby on the face.

Comical

Yeah, totally hilarious. I mean, what could be funnier than a baby being attacked by a wild animal?

Comical as in I don't believe a word of it, it's not like the country is under attack by these creatures.