11-14-2015, 03:36 AM
It is highly unusual for a wild fox -even an urban fox to turn aggressive under normal circumstances, with people -unless threatened severely or cornered (maybe in a fenced garden?)
The one who attacked the babies...well that was the most unusual thing to happen.
I have heard of a couple more so-called-aggressive encounters with foxes, in urban areas, but who knows how true those accounts are, or a result of human hysteria? And who knows under what circumstances anything like that could happen? For instance -were people teasing the fox? Or laid food down for it, in the mistaken notion it would become some sort of 'pet'? Then closed it in and cornered it?....etc.
Or again, there is always the possibility it could be negative propaganda by the fox-hunting fraternity!
I see lots of foxes, but they of course are in a rural environment. They really do want to keep away from people.
The one who attacked the babies...well that was the most unusual thing to happen.
I have heard of a couple more so-called-aggressive encounters with foxes, in urban areas, but who knows how true those accounts are, or a result of human hysteria? And who knows under what circumstances anything like that could happen? For instance -were people teasing the fox? Or laid food down for it, in the mistaken notion it would become some sort of 'pet'? Then closed it in and cornered it?....etc.
Or again, there is always the possibility it could be negative propaganda by the fox-hunting fraternity!
I see lots of foxes, but they of course are in a rural environment. They really do want to keep away from people.
