The Metropolitan Fox
Steals the food but kills the rats
It’s not a secret, London is home to plenty of foxes , 33 000 were recorded in 2014. London registered 18 per square kilometre. To provide some context there are nearly 150,000 urban foxes in England , about one for every 300 urban resident.
Foxes are incredibly adaptable to different environments and they can be found from the Arctic tundra to the deserts of North Africa (different varieties of course). Because they have a hard time out in the countryside foxes are moving to town. The main reason why they are leaving is down to the decrease in their prey like rabbits and small mammals. Foxes have had to adapt and think differently (and as we know foxes are smart) , so they go where the food goes. They start to think how and where find food and shelter and so they head off toward the bright lights of London where many make their homes in suburban gardens. Everything piece of discarded food we throw out is of interest to these foxy critters.
But why London ? We don’t often realise but London have a huge amount of wildlife and the royal gardens alone cover 1976 hectares. Add this to the large amount of squares and other green space and you have the perfect habitat. Lots of food and lots of green space.
Sadly they are also known to transmit diseases to humans like rabies and fox Tapeworm fortunately they aren’t too many cases reported. So maybe they can be dangerous for animals like cats and dog but the good thing is they keep the rat population down. They can't be all bad can they?
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