Foxes are usually wary of humans (From Worcester News)
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Foxes are usually wary of humans
8:10am Monday 21st June 2010 in Read
SIR – Like Mark Tully says, (Letters, Friday, June 11) I do feel for the little girls who were attacked by a fox in London. It must have been a horrible and terrifying event. But, as for giving the fox a bad name, on this rare and isolated event, it’s another form of tabloid propaganda for people such as Mr Tully to justify his reasons for hunting for sport. The only other two incidents that I know of in the last eight years where a fox attacked a human were in 2008, in which a jogger was attacked and bitten by a rabid fox in the US, and in 2002, where a 14-week-old baby was attacked in a house in Dartford, Kent.
Most foxes are naturally wary of humans. Sometimes, like people, I think the animal’s mind just snaps and so they attack out of pure instinct (usually out of fear).
L Gregg
Worcester
Comments(1)
Tulstar
says...
9:00am Mon 21 Jun 10
Hold on, I thought I said in my original letter that I WASN'T saying to bring back hunting with dogs?
In fact, did I not say (and I quote) "Whether hunting with dogs is the most effective means of doing so is another issue, however something needs to be done."
Or perhaps it was when I said (and I quote again) "I’m not saying bring back hunting with dogs".... ??????
I'm not trying to "justify my reasons for bringing back hunting for sport" at all, as you put it, L Gregg.
I'm saying that something needs to be done. I'm not even saying that they need to be killed - Trap them and move them to the countryside if that's the most effective way of dealing with the problem. Or just educate the people who think that it's a fantastic idea to encourage the animals into their gardens, and to overcome their natural wariness of humans.
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