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Red Fox

Vulpus Vulpus

Notes:

After almost a year I went back to have a look at the foxes. They where still there. In the begining, when I first saw them (a few years ago) they where very shy. We spotted them near a construction camp of the local forester. It was the scraps of the workers who had attracted them to this place. After a while the workers would leave som food for the foxes, they thought no harm would be done by leaving some scraps. Because they where use to the presence of man, you could see them more easely if you had the patience for it. Sometimes, as you could see in my other spottings, you would have the honor of seeing them fight or even eat there meal. Now a days the situation is a bit different. Sadly ther where more people who tought feeding them was fun and the ones so beautyfull and wild fox has turned themselves in common dogs begging for food, people even gave them cookies. It has become a major attraction and there where numbers of photographers waiting for the right shot. A few years ago the same thing has happened at a few foxes near the city of Arnhem. After a while the foxes would eat out of peoples hands and one day a kid was bitten! They shot down al the foxes!!!

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4 Comments

FoTony
FoTony 12 years ago

@Karenl: One of the problems with feeding them is that they will eat a lot of food wich is very bad for the digestion of these beautiful creatures.

FoTony
FoTony 12 years ago

Thanks Jeannette!

Jeannette
Jeannette 12 years ago

Sad story :(
But love your photos of foxes :)

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

So sad. We do leave scraps out for our gray foxes but I would never try and habituate them to us as I think it's much healthier for them to keep their natural fear of humans.

Antoine Verfaille
Spotted by
Antoine Verfaille

Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Spotted on Jan 16, 2012
Submitted on Jan 18, 2012

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