Foxes attacks babies in bedroom and school.

Abrasax

Twice in June foxes attack kids in England.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/10342570.stm

The parents of nine-month-old twins said it was "incredible to have our beautiful girls back home" after the second girl was released from hospital.

Isabella Koupparis and her twin Lola were sleeping in their cots at their home in Hackney when they were mauled on 5 June.

Isabella left hospital on Thursday after treatment for arm injuries.

Lola, who suffered injuries to her face and arm, was released from the Royal London Hospital six days ago.

Their parents Nick and Pauline said: "As Isabella has just arrived home, we want to spend this wonderful day celebrating as a family.

"It is incredible to have our beautiful girls back home at last."

The parents had been at home and watching television when the fox crept through an open door on the ground floor and climbed upstairs to the girls' room.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/21/toddler-brighton-fox-attack

A toddler was recovering at home today after being attacked by fox at a playgroup in Brighton.

The three-year-old boy was either bitten or scratched on the arm as he played outside at a party at Dorothy Stringer pre-school playgroup in Brighton, East Sussex, on Saturday afternoon.

It is believed the child, who has not been named, stroked the tail of an animal that was sticking out from under a temporary building, when it turned on him. The playgroup was closed today. In a statement it said: "We can confirm that a child suffered injuries after being attacked by a fox at an event on our premises at the weekend."

It said foxes had existed in the area for sometime, but the playgroup had not taken action because wildlife experts had advised that they were not a danger to people.

An RSPCA inspector who attended the scene was unable to find the animal.

Relatives took the boy to the Royal Sussex county hospital in Brighton where he was treated and released, according to Sussex police. He is now recovering at home, the playgroup said.

Its statement added: "We have been in touch with Defra [Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] and also with a local pest control company, which is due to visit this afternoon to give advice on the action we should take."


An RSPCA spokeswoman said: "As far as we are aware it was a fox. People there told us they were aware of a fox who had made his den there and had been living there for a year or so."

She added: "Attacks like this are extremely rare. Foxes will usually shy away from interaction with people. We offer our sincere condolences to the family concerned and we hope for a speedy recovery for the child."

mink_man

as sly as a fox..

PeterIanStaker

for fox sake

easyeason3

Shoot the fox. Simples.

mink_man

A fox has attacked a baby as it lay sleeping

how did the fox attack the baby if the fox was alseep?

KeithM89_old

Why is it dated 01.07.02 ???

Wolfe Tone

And people say fox hunting is cruel. Wont anyone think of the children??

mink_man

Keithm89 wrote: »

Why is it dated 01.07.02 ???

becuase that is the date it happened, what else do you think it means?? :pac:

KeithM89_old

mink_man wrote: »

becuase that is the date it happened, what else do you think it means?? :pac:

Smartass - i was pointing out this is a very old story but i deserved that

Overheal

This is why I don't watch FOX :mad:

Degsy

That must've been what happened to Maddie.

Abrasax

Keithm89 wrote: »

Why is it dated 01.07.02 ???

Wrong link.
Just saw it on BBC.
I'm now confused.
Crafty foxes.

starbelgrade

The parkinsons must be really driving M.J. crazy.

rockmongrel

RAAR KILL ALL THE FOXES RAAR REACTIONARY POLITICS FOR LIFE!!!!

connexion

Killer Foxes. The new Mephedrone.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Was this not done to death when it actually happened???

Abrasax

There's a documentary on this on BBC as I write.

The family of the twins, who were attacked in London, were accused by fox lovers of staging the attack to force a reverse of the fox-hunting ban.

Facebook pages were set up, tyres slashed outside their home and they had to have a police guard and a panic alarm installed.

WTF?

heavyballs

easyeason3 wrote: »

Simples.

off topic
would like to ban the above highlighted word from this forum,does my head in,anyone else?

Abrasax

Kevin Faint Letterhead wrote: »

Was this not done to death when it actually happened???

Possibly, I fluffed it at the start.
Saw a thing on the news today, then found a link from 1st of July 2002.
Started a thread.
I messed up bad, Xavier.

easyeason3

heavyballs wrote: »

off topic
would like to ban the above highlighted word from this forum,does my head in,anyone else?

SIMPLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stovelid

Programme just been on the telly about it.

The twin attack was in Hackney and they concluded that was local squatter foxes striking a blow against the pampered offspring of the encroaching forces of gentrification.

The foxes may have just opted for a few class war platitudes but the house looked extremely tasteful and when the foxes realized this - and the fact that the babies were called Isabella and Lola - you just knew it would all end in tears.

My name is URL

Seems to be catching on -

Horror for Dublin mum as she discovers fox in her baby's bedroom

http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/horror-for-dublin-mum-as-she-discovers-fox-in-her-babys-bedroom-2246533.html

Dyr

I blame foxes playing computer games

amacachi

My name is URL wrote: »

Seems to be catching on -

Horror for Dublin mum as she discovers fox in her baby's bedroom

http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/horror-for-dublin-mum-as-she-discovers-fox-in-her-babys-bedroom-2246533.html

From that link;

Luckily, the parents scared the animal out of the room, and they've been revising the incident ever since to make sense of it.

Make sense of it? They and their neighbours fed the ****er for months, what a surprise he came into the house!

Cllr Paddy Cosgrave said he had a fox sleeping in the compost heap of his back garden during the big freeze last January.

So?

Anthony Walsh

they took are babies!!!! Rabble rabble rabble.

recylingbin

Symptomatic of the way society has gone. In my day, I'd be asked what I'd done to deserve the fox's wrath.

biko

I think a few babies are worth it to keep the fox/dingo population healthy.


*awaits report

johngalway

Sits back, smiles and ponders karma as foxes wreak havoc in the leafy suburbs

Zombienosh

fox found hiding