This weeks’s WildLife Wednesday is all about the beautiful fox. Adaptable, clever and unmistakable, here are 5 fun facts about this wonderful animals.
5 Fun Facts about Foxes
- The fox’s success is mainly due to the fact that they are willing to eat almost anything. They have become particularly good at living alongside humans in farmland and urban areas.
- Foxes are traditionally thought of as being sly and cunning, they are very clever and adaptable creatures.
- They often only live for one or two years, although they have been known to survive for up to nine years.
- Foxes are territorial, and for most of the year they live in small family groups. Foxes mate in January, and cubs are born in March, looked after by the ‘vixens’ (females) of the family.
- You are most likely to see foxes at dawn or dusk and you may also hear them howling in at night, particularly in the breeding season.
What’s the deal with fox hunting?
Whilst hunted in the past, fox hunting is now banned, but foxes are not welcomed by everyone and still suffer cruelty in some areas. Campaigners claim that illegal fox hunting still continues. Despite public opposition, it was reported in September that Theresa May is planning to go ahead with a vote to repeal the Hunting Act in Parliament, a pledge included in last year’s Conservative election manifesto. This would lift the ban on hunting. Keep a watch for petitions and other ways to get involved in the Keep the Ban movement. https://www.facebook.com/AntiFoxHunt/
Thanks for reading.
London Vegan Bird