Fox Bites Baby in England

road_high

Strange one from London. Apparently a fox attacked a baby. Ouch...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2276187/Fox-attack-Neighbours-hysterical-screams-animal-bit-week-old-babys-finger-slept.html#axzz2KVbNxH6h

Daily Mail, I know

HondaSami

This is not the first time this has happened, hope the baby is ok.


http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=fox%20attacks%20baby%20london%202012&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CEEQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2F10251349&ei=WrgXUZTgMo-FhQesuICQCA&usg=AFQjCNGUazU-xS7BzKgLQl8392LJU9cucw

Bad Santa

Unbelievable the lengths that some parents will go to try and one up the Charlie bit my finger video.

This seems to happen every 4 or 5 years so I think we should kill all the foxes.

squod

Deleted User wrote: »

.......we should kill all the foxes.

Or, all the babies.

Roger_007

So is Freddie Starr now calling himself 'Fox'. Probably couldn't find the hamster.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

This seems to happen every 4 or 5 years so I think we should kill all the foxes.

Changing the way people store their rubbish would sort out the fox problem far more effectively than any cull!

mikemac1

Deleted User wrote: »

This seems to happen every 4 or 5 years so I think we should kill all the foxes.

The meat factories has just found a new cheap source €€€

RossPaws

Considering the amount of foxes there are and how closely they tend to live to humans, an attack once every 4 - 5 years isn't actually too bad.

Pherekydes

squod wrote: »

Or, all the babies.

Won't work. One always gets away. Ask Herod.

speedboatchase

Ouch, right in the England.

spankysue

It's a terrible thing to happen but what the fcuk was the mother thinking? Even if the door was broke, wouldn't you put something up against it or something to stop potential burglars or worse getting in when she has a 4 week old in the house? (As well as foxes of course)

It's always someone elses fault these days. Common sense doesn't seem to be that common anymore unfortunately

road_high

spankysue wrote: »

It's a terrible thing to happen but what the fcuk was the mother thinking? Even if the door was broke, wouldn't you put something up against it or something to stop potential burglars or worse getting in when she has a 4 week old in the house? (As well as foxes of course)

It's always someone elses fault these days. Common sense doesn't seem to be that common anymore unfortunately

I agree. Especially in a big city like London.

Galwayguy35

Yeah we should kill all the foxes:rolleyes:

It's not the animals fault, in it's mind a baby is no different to a hare or rabbit.

People leaving out leftover food for them to eat or leaving rubbish outside is attracting foxes to peoples houses.

The foxes were always there, people decided to build cities and the foxes are adapting to these surroundings.
I would imagine they actually do a good job of keeping rodent numbers down as they like to eat rats and mice.

Sh1tbag OToole

That'll learn the anti-fox hunting crowd

juan.kerr

Pherekydes wrote: »

Won't work. One always gets away. Ask Herod.

Would one escape a nuclear strike?

Pumpkinseeds

The problem is that towns and cities are expanding out to rural areas and taking the foxes habitat. Wheelie bins have replaced bins so foraging is more difficult and the foxes have to eat something to survive. Bloody stupid woman should be more careful. I wouldn't leave my door unlocked let alone open. She was lucky something worse didn't happen.

kneemos

spankysue wrote: »

It's a terrible thing to happen but what the fcuk was the mother thinking? Even if the door was broke, wouldn't you put something up against it or something to stop potential burglars or worse getting in when she has a 4 week old in the house? (As well as foxes of course)

It's always someone elses fault these days. Common sense doesn't seem to be that common anymore unfortunately

You don't blame the council for not fixing the door or the fox or whoever leaves food where the fox can get it or with the best will in the world accidents will happen,you blame the mother?

foxinsox

Well, I'm in bed dying of flu.

It wasn't me.

The King of Moo

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

That'll learn the anti-fox hunting crowd

Inbreds on horses with packs of dogs thundering through suburban streets and leaping over garden walls- should work a treat.

spankysue

kneemos wrote: »

You don't blame the council for not fixing the door or the fox or whoever leaves food where the fox can get it or with the best will in the world accidents will happen,you blame the mother?

This is what I meant when I said It's always someone elses fault now, it's the councils fault for not fixing the door, it's the foxes fault (a fox is a wild animal ffs) etc, when it could have been prevented by just using a bit of sense.

Grayson

A DINGO TOOK MY BABY!!!!

juan.kerr

Grayson wrote: »

A DINGO TOOK MY BABY!!!!

Wasn't expecting that.

Grayson

juan.kerr wrote: »

Wasn't expecting that.

neither was she

kneemos

spankysue wrote: »

This is what I meant when I said It's always someone elses fault now, it's the councils fault for not fixing the door, it's the foxes fault (a fox is a wild animal ffs) etc, when it could have been prevented by just using a bit of sense.

Well your blaming someone else as well,there's never just one person to blame for an accident.

bb1234567

Deleted User wrote: »

Changing the way people store their rubbish would sort out the fox problem far more effectively than any cull!

I think he was only joking about culling the foxes:P

meoklmrk91

We have a lot of foxes here too, how come nothing like this ever happens here?

kneemos

bb1234567 wrote: »

I think he was only joking about culling the foxes:P

Don't think he was.

Best username ever

kneemos wrote: »

Don't think he was.

Willie frazer thinks the IRA bit the baby.

spankysue

kneemos wrote: »

Well your blaming someone else as well,there's never just one person to blame for an accident.

What are you on about? I wasn't there, it's definitely not my fault

Chuck Stone

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

That'll learn the anti-fox hunting crowd

"Hunting"

kneemos

spankysue wrote: »

What are you on about? I wasn't there, it's definitely not my fault

Maybe the mother had just popped out for a second and left the door ajar,it's a bit harsh to blame her in fairness without knowing the circumstances,she can't watch the child 24/7.On a side note this thread is weird.

tallus

kneemos wrote: »

Maybe the mother had just popped out for a second and left the door ajar,it's a bit harsh to blame her in fairness without knowing the circumstances,she can't watch the child 24/7.On a side note this thread is weird.

She was having work done on the house, and a work man left the front door open.

kneemos

Urban foxes seem to lose their fear of humans,possibly because they're not a threat.

Reekwind

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

That'll learn the anti-fox hunting crowd

Annoyingly, some pro-hunting moron was on the C4 news last night arguing that it was hunting that prevented such attacks happening in rural areas and that the ban could have terrible baby-eating consequences. I wanted to reach through the TV to slap him

Grayson

kneemos wrote: »

Urban foxes seem to lose their fear of humans,possibly because they're not a threat.

Because we're not. If a fox growled at most people they'd run away like screaming jessies.

Reekwind

Actually they don't lose their fear. Foxes, even in London, will not approach a strange grown human unless they are absolutely desperate. I regularly encounter foxes on my street and, even in small packs, they keep their distance and will scuttle away at a human's approach

kneemos

Reekwind wrote: »

Actually they don't lose their fear. Foxes, even in London, will not approach a strange grown human unless they are absolutely desperate. I regularly encounter foxes on my street and, even in small packs, they keep their distance and will scuttle away at a human's approach

I've seen videos of them hopping in through peoples windows and such but they're probably feeding them I suppose.

kneemos

Now that I think of it watching Top Gear last night and they showed a fox canter across Wembley pitch with not a care,presumably quite a few people were there with the camera crew etc.

WindSock

Of course they're evil. Look at his ugly face in the 2nd picture.

Reekwind

kneemos wrote: »

I've seen videos of them hopping in through peoples windows and such but they're probably feeding them I suppose.

And that's obviously something that should not be encouraged: foxes are not pets. As a species, and outside of some research in Russia, they have never been domesticated and shouldn't be treated as fluffy dogs/cats

(Mind you, the same could be said of certain breeds of dog, those trained for aggression)

Now that I think of it watching Top Gear last night and they showed a fox canter across Wembley pitch with not a care,presumably quite a few people were there with the camera crew etc.

Foxes don't have a fear of human environments, just humans. So stadiums or houses per se wouldn't be a problem. The key is the 'flight distance', the point at which proximity to humans triggers their fight-or-flight reaction. I've no idea what that distance is for foxes (or how one got into Wembley; was there a game on?) but actually being on the pitch would not be enough to cause fear... so long as no human came close enough to the fox

Teyla Emmagan

Poor little hungry fox.

kneemos

Reekwind wrote: »

And that's obviously something that should not be encouraged: foxes are not pets. As a species, and outside of some research in Russia, they have never been domesticated and shouldn't be treated as fluffy dogs/cats

(Mind you, the same could be said of certain breeds of dog, those trained for aggression)

Foxes don't have a fear of human environments, just humans. So stadiums or houses per se wouldn't be a problem. The key is the 'flight distance', the point at which proximity to humans triggers their fight-or-flight reaction. I've no idea what that distance is for foxes (or how one got into Wembley; was there a game on?) but actually being on the pitch would not be enough to cause fear... so long as no human came close enough to the fox

The pitch was empty but he ran across open ground oblibvious of the human presence,just seemed odd.

tin79

An RSPCA spokeswoman said the only reason a fox would attack is due to fear.

I love that quote from the RTE article.

Yes in this case the fox was so full of fear it decided to break into a bedroom and eat a babies hand.

Sure dont we all do that when we are scared? Its simple fight, flight or eat logic.

kneemos

tin79 wrote: »

I love that quote from the RTE article.

Yes in this case the fox was so full of fear it decided to break into a bedroom and eat a babies hand.

Sure dont we all do that when we are scared? Its simple fight, flight or eat logic.

It wasn't attacking in fairness it was just a lump of meat to bring back to his den.

twinQuins

tin79 wrote: »

I love that quote from the RTE article.

Yes in this case the fox was so full of fear it decided to break into a bedroom and eat a babies hand.

Sure dont we all do that when we are scared? Its simple fight, flight or eat logic.

You're a fox?

Maybe it was looking for food in there, got scared and then bit.

holystungun9

I'm 32 and haven't had my finger in a fox in ages. First I read about five year olds doing oral sexy time and now the babies are it. There are fetuses that have spent more time up vaginas than me

Son Of A Vidic

road_high wrote: »

Fox Bites Baby in England

FoxinSox by any chance?

Reekwind

tin79 wrote: »

Sure dont we all do that when we are scared? Its simple fight, flight or eat logic.

Any how does a fox fight? It doesn't beat people to death with its tail...

MurdyWurdy

We have loads of foxes around us because some feckers feed them. My only problem with having them around really is that at night they make noises like they are all being gang raped.

We put in a magnetic cat flap specifically so foxes (and other cats I suppose) can't get in. If you have wild animals living near you and a baby in the house why on earth would you leave the door open or not block off access?

A bit of common sense wouldn't go amiss. Although I am waiting for the day when some crafty fox gets hold of a magnet and breaks in

Even Fox news has the story... http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/10/4-week-old-baby-boy-hospitalized-in-london-after-fox-attacks-him-at-home/