The first official townfox in my town. This smart critter found its way to our city park and made it its home, feeding on rats and rodents, the leftovers from the nearby restaurant and occasional pickings from bypassers. He is curious, even follows people around in the park, but always sharp and aware keeping a safe minimumdistance, and loves to play with dogs. People love him, making him a great ambassador for his species, and that is a good thing in a country where only is spoken of foxes by hunters calling foxes vermin and pest.
I occasionally visit him, sometimes bring him a lil snack. He even plays with me, me holding a branch, he trying to pull it out of my hands.
Is that a good or a bad thing? Who has the wisdom to judge? Both the fox and the people are happy, so I think that is rather a good thing.
Picture made by Fideel.
I occasionally visit him, sometimes bring him a lil snack. He even plays with me, me holding a branch, he trying to pull it out of my hands.
Is that a good or a bad thing? Who has the wisdom to judge? Both the fox and the people are happy, so I think that is rather a good thing.
Picture made by Fideel.
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Vulpine (Other)
Size 1280 x 853px
File Size 269.1 kB
I'm wondering if it's the photograph's fault making it appear that the fox has a cataract in it's eye facing the camera. This fellow is lucky though as he's got a safe place to live in and enjoys interacting with the humans and their pets. David MacDonald, who I consider one of Britain's authorities on the Urban Red Fox, (At least in the late 1980s.) wrote that in his book, "On the Trail of the Red Fox" that foxes in the country are lucky to live three to seven years. (Most are killed by getting run over by automobiles.) A Town Fox however, if he's lucky can live to be ten to fourteen years old. I'm not sure but there was a vixen who lived to be fourteen years old in the early 1960s as she would walk into a local tavern for a beer almost every day.
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