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19th Jul, 2010 to 19th Sep, 2010
There has been much debate since the alleged fox attack in London in June this year.
An article by Terry Nutkin in the Guardian reminds us all just who is responsible.
"Foxes are now treating urban areas as their territory. They don't necessarily differentiate between concrete and a tree, as both are now part of their habitat. They are carnivores and opportunist feeders, but they don't attack humans. I can't remember a single verified case of a fox attacking a human unprovoked.
This fox, if it was a fox, was probably young (as they are usually born around May). It reportedly entered the house through an open door, without knowing where it was going, and probably panicked when it found itself in a room with these two infants. When a fox is stressed, it runs about a lot and it could easily have injured the children accidentally. What I am definite about is that this fox did not go "on purpose" to attack the two children; that's simply not what foxes want to do. Any injury it caused those children would have been, in that sense, accidental."
Read the full article at www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/07/urban-fox-attack-london
