There has been a report about nine month old twins being attacked in their cribs by a fox.

I heard about it, read a few news articles about it. Most people did, I'm sure. Now a lot of those very people call for a cull on foxes.

Reading those articles, and the accounts by the mother, I got to thinking. (Never a good thing.)
Allegedly the fox came in through open patio doors, attracted by food smells, then went up the stairs, into the twins bedroom, jumped into the cots and mauled them. When the parents came in, it took several attempts to frighten the fox away.

I have a very hard time believing that's what happened.
For one thing, why would a wild animal bypass the kitchen and go upstairs, if it was attracted into the house by the food smell?
What's more, foxes aren't exactly the bravest animals on the planet. They are timid, shy and if you encounter them, they generally run before you get close.
So why would a fox go upstairs in a house that smells of humans, when the stuff it came in for is in the downstairs kitchen?
And then there is the report that it took several attempts to frighten the animal away. I have an even harder time believing that. Make a move toward a fox and it will run.

I'm sorry for the hurt babies, it shouldn't have happened to them, no matter what did it. I just have trouble believing it was a fox, because the facts just make no sense.

Tags: Foxes