Fox attacks babies

[treesparrow]

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Nine-month-old twin girls mauled by fox in their bedroom

By Lee Cain 7/06/2010


Twin baby girls were seriously ill last night after being savaged by a fox.

The helpless nine-month-old sisters were attacked as they slept in a bedroom of their inner-city home. They were said to be stable in hospital with arm and face injuries.

Police and paramedics raced to the scene after the alarm was raised by a horrified family member.

It is believed the fox managed to sneak into the house at Homerton, East
London, after a door or window was left open for ventilation on one of the warmest nights of the year. The toddlers have not been named.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “We attended an incident at around 10pm on Saturday following reports of a fox attack on two baby girls.

“Both were taken to the Royal London hospital. They are in a serious but stable condition.”

A source confirmed that the twins were mauled in an upstairs room.

Fox attacks are rare, despite increasing numbers roaming
in towns and cities throughout the UK.

In 2002, 14-week-old Louis Day needed hospital treatment after being mauled while sleeping on a sofa beside his mum.

He was left covered with blood and crying with pain as the fox grabbed his head after creeping through the open patio doors of the family’s home in Dartford, Kent.

 

[Guardian]

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Nine-month-old twin girls mauled by fox in their bedroom

By Lee Cain 7/06/2010

Twin baby girls were seriously ill last night after being savaged by a fox.

Oh those poor babies!!! It sounds to me like the fox had rabies or distemper, so they're going to need to be treated for that too unless someone managed to catch/kill the fox and can test it.

A few years ago in Chesapeake, VA a man was sitting at a stop light when a fox jumped into his car window and attacked him. He killed the fox, but got torn up pretty bad in the process. The fox turned out to be rabid. Fox is normally VERY shy, if you ever see one out in the open (and he's not running as fast as he can) he's most likely sick.

Unfortunately, if there is one rabid fox in London, there WILL be more. The disease spreads through animal populations very rapidly. :(

 

[Nienna]

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Nine-month-old twin girls mauled by fox in their bedroom

By Lee Cain 7/06/2010

Twin baby girls were seriously ill last night after being savaged by a fox.

Oh those poor babies!!! It sounds to me like the fox had rabies or distemper, so they're going to need to be treated for that too unless someone managed to catch/kill the fox and can test it.

A few years ago in Chesapeake, VA a man was sitting at a stop light when a fox jumped into his car window and attacked him. He killed the fox, but got torn up pretty bad in the process. The fox turned out to be rabid. Fox is normally VERY shy, if you ever see one out in the open (and he's not running as fast as he can) he's most likely sick.

Unfortunately, if there is one rabid fox in London, there WILL be more. The disease spreads through animal populations very rapidly. :(

Yep, I'd have to agree. It must be rabid, or some form of sickness. The only one I almost saw was many, many years ago and it was running into the brush very fast when I almost saw it.

Wow, how horrid this is.

 

[treesparrow]

Another fox attack.

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Fox bites lump out of mother's arm after she got out of her car to try and shoo it away

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1352834/Fox-bites-lump-mothers-arm-got-car-shoo-away.html

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Perhaps with all these recent intensified earth changes, could it effect various wild animals and will we seen an increase in them behaving in odd and out-of-character ways?

 

[Gimpy]

Another fox attack.

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Fox bites lump out of mother's arm after she got out of her car to try and shoo it away

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1352834/Fox-bites-lump-mothers-arm-got-car-shoo-away.html

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Perhaps with all these recent intensified earth changes, could it effect various wild animals and will we seen an increase in them behaving in odd and out-of-character ways?

With all the die offs, I think it is. :( I'm keeping an extra eye out just in case.

 

[treesparrow]

Neighbours tell of 'hysterical screams' after fox bites off baby's finger

Neighbours of a baby boy attacked by a fox in South London say they are afraid to leave the backdoor open after hearing the 'hysterical screams' of the mother who found her mauled child.

The one-month-old baby is recovering in hospital after his finger was torn off by a fox in Bromley, South East London on Wednesday.

An ambulance was called and the baby, who also suffered puncture wounds to his face, was taken to hospital.

Surgeons were able to reattach the severed finger in an operation at St Thomas's Hospital in London.

The baby is said to be making a 'good recovery'.

The mother has been re-housed to another council house and neighbours have spoken of their fear it could happen again.

Paula Wellington, a neighbour, said she had spoken to the mother about her ordeal.

"She said the fox tried to get the baby, the mum was trying to pull the fox from the baby and that was it," said Paula Wellington.

"She said the fox was on the baby and she tried to pull the fox from the baby and the baby was trying to wrestle with her. She was shaking."

Mrs Wellington, a mother-of-four, said the foxes were often seen in the area and the incident made her not want to live there any more.

Neighbours said the family had lived at the address for less than a year and had moved out on Saturday. They also had two older children, a boy and a girl of primary school age.

A child's red pair of shoes and a deflated football remained in the front garden of the end of terrace property.

A woman living next door, who asked not to be named, heard screams.

"It was really awful, just horrifying. I'm still shaking now when I talk about it.

"I heard the mum screaming and shouting and then I heard the baby crying. I ran next door to see what had happened and the mum was hysterical, she could hardly say anything to me.

"But then she kept saying, 'A fox attacked my baby, a fox attacked my baby'.

"It all happened so quickly and then the ambulance came.

"I heard later that his finger had been ripped off. I just hope that little boy gets well soon."

Khadine Peters, 36, who also lives next door, said the neighbourhood are afraid it could happen again.

"I wasn't there at the time, I was walking home down the street when I saw the ambulance outside the house.

"I spoke to the mum and she told me a fox had attacked her baby. It was really bad, I'm so scared now - I definitely won't leave my back door open again.

"Something needs to be done about all these foxes roaming freely around all these homes.
"I always see foxes in the street or in my garden. They're disgusting, they're not cute pets, they're vermin. The council should get rid of them."

Tim Stevens, the councillor at Bromley Council responsible for public protection and safety, told BBC Radio5 Live that they they are looking into a cull.

"There could be a case for a limited cull of foxes," he said.

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, said all councils should be looking at control measures where foxes have become a threat to the public.

There has been a number of cases of foxes attacking children in recent years. In the most famous case in 2010 Isabella and Lola Koupparis, nine-month-old twins, were mauled by a fox as they slept in their cot in Hackney.

"They may appear cuddly and romantic but foxes are also a pest and a menace, particularly in our cities," he told BBC News.

"This must serve as a wake-up call to London's borough leaders, who are responsible for pest control.

"They must come together, study the data, try to understand why this is becoming such a problem and act quickly to sort it out."

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

"It's extremely unusual for foxes to attack young children or anyone," she said.

"It's not typical fox behaviour at all. Foxes will come closer to a house if there are food sources. Then they can become quite bold, but they usually do back off and run away when there's people around."

A spokesman for Lewisham Council described the attack as "very tragic but rare" and said there were currently no precedures in place to tackle growing fox numbers in the area.

"Our procedure is to offer advice and trying to help people understand foxes will come through their area and what their natural habitat is," he said.

"Obviously that doesn't take away from the terrible things that happen, but it is very rare for a fox to come into a house.

"We will continue to encourage people to realise that keeping gardens and streets free of litter and do all they can to keep that message at the forefront of peoples' minds."

_http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9860585/Neighbours-tell-of-hysterical-screams-after-fox-bites-off-babys-finger.html

 

[Redrock12]

While undoubtedly some of the foxes are rabid, they may be coming urbanized, ie, losing their fear of humans.
And in some cases, regarding infants and toddlers as prey.
About 16 years ago in Vancouver, coyotes had populated the city to the point where they became a pest, as well as a danger. People would leave food out for them, and they were never hunted or trapped.
Eventually, they stopped running away whenever a human approached.
Then one day, a woman caught a coyote dragging her infant away. They then became a danger, and were poisoned and shot.
Just info.

 

[Soluna]

It seems to be quite a problem in the UK - I live nearish London and foxes are extremely prevalent, especially at this time of year and in the Spring. Their cries can be rather frightening! They roam up and down the roads where I live, and looking out of the window in the small hours at night you can often see 1-3, I saw two interacting with each other on my drive-way once - I get concerned about my cats though (especially as one went missing last Spring); it is fortunate I don't have children.
Foxes don't have any natural predators here anymore - no wolves or bears - just us, and as they look like 'cute fluffy canines' I doubt many see them as a threat. As they have no predators there is nothing to keep their breeding in check, and as we take up more space, they have less space and less prey - it does make sense that they would look to other sources of food, if indeed that was what this sad case was.

 

[Ocean]

That's what happens when the labourites ban fox hunting. Never had this problem before. Foxes were culled by the fox hunting fraternity and fox hounds were adept at culling the weak and sick.

 

[Deleted member 8431]

That's very sad. Especially thinking that they were just peacefully sleeping in the comfort and security of thier beds. But yet, that might be another Sign of The Times.

Perhaps with all these recent intensified earth changes, could it effect various wild animals and will we seen an increase in them behaving in odd and out-of-character ways?

The more I'm researching the subject and connect dots, the more it seems plausible (not to say highly probable) to my eyes. All life seems to be affected by the current changes and it surely isn't getting better.

Animals could be becoming sick, infected, poisoned, desoriented, lack good food, shelter not to mention the possible effects of EMF on them as well. If those things alltogether can make humans go crazy, I don't see why it couldn't on animals. Especially for instance in places where these forms of pollution are more likely to be found (getting pretty global actually).

Anyhow, just giving my thoughts.

I sincerly hope they will all be fine.

Peace.