“Red foxes may on occasion prey on lambs. Usually, lambs targeted by foxes tend to be physically weakened specimens, but not invariably. Lambs belonging to small breeds, such as
Blackface, are more vulnerable...”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_fox#Livestock_and_pet_predation
“Today the only wild animals remaining as a tangible threat to lambs in the British Isles are the
red fox,
badger, and predatory birds. If the head's bitten off the carcass, it is usually a fox.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_sheep_predation#British_Isles
“In 2014, a survey of 650 Welsh farmers found 75 per cent had seen an increase in the number of lambs killed by foxes since the Hunting Act was introduced, while 95 per cent lost money as a result of fox attacks.”
https://www.fginsight.com/news/news...g-act-change-after-foxes-kill-115-lambs-21429
AN EXASPERATED farmer has called for “a common sense approach” after losing 25 lambs to foxes in only a matter of weeks.
Meirion Jones, 67, was born and raised on Cwm Mynach Isa farm, Bontddu, and believes this year is “one of the worst ever” for losing his livestock to countryside predators.
“It’s awful, every night in our bedroom we can hear the ewes screaming and running down the field, we’re just helpless to stop it,” said Meirion.
“We know the foxes are attacking the newborns – we lost one Tuesday morning – but we can’t stop them.
“This is my livelihood. I may lose as many as 50 or 60 lambs at this rate, that’s a big percentage of my stock. It makes you wonder whether it’s worth going to the trouble any more.”
http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/article.cfm?id=113937&headline=‘Common sense’ needed after lambs killed by foxes§ionIs=news&searchyear=2017
... And many, many more.
“The mother of nine-month-old twin girls has described her "living nightmare" after her daughters were apparently mauled by a fox as they slept in their cots in east London.
Lola and Isabella Koupparis were attacked at about 2200 BST on Saturday.
A police source said the fox apparently entered the house through an open ground-floor door before attacking the twins in an upstairs room.
"I put on the light, I saw the fox, it just looked at me and it wasn't even scared of me.
"I started screaming as I realised Lola was also covered in blood."
Both girls suffered arm injuries and one is thought to have facial injuries.
The twins remain in a serious but stable condition.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/10251349
A fox has attacked a baby as it lay sleeping beside its mother on a sofa in their sitting room.
Louis Day, who is only 14 weeks old, was left covered with blood and crying with pain as the fox grabbed his head after creeping in through the open french window of the family's home in Kent.
"I had only been there a second when I heard Louis scream and then Sue scream as well," Mr Day, 44, said. "By the time I got back in the room, the fox was sitting there, just looking at me. I did not see him grab Louis, but the baby was covered in blood.
"I chased the fox out - it was sat by the door, just looking at me.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-125763/Parents-tell-horror-fox-attacks-sleeping-baby.html
A woman told of her panic after she woke “covered in blood” to find a fox in her bedroom after the animal had apparently savaged her arm.
Jodie Nailard said she woke up startled at about 5.30am on Sunday after feeling a sharp pain in her bicep and discovered the four-legged culprit lingering at the end of her bed in Clapham, south London.
The 22-year-old said the fox was sent flying on to the floor after she sat bolt upright after noticing her arm was bleeding.
Jodie suffered six puncture wounds to her bicep...
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/en...1tANW4NTsMBIk9YYzQSqJvyL1JNigVdV&guccounter=1
But hey, you can always just play them a song:
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