Fox takes crying "baby" from pram

Here is what happens when people feed foxes. They become tame enough to lose their fear of humans. This time it is not a real baby. It is a dead piglet, dressed in a baby-grow.
'Dave' is a pest controller from South London. A homeowner and a grandfather of two baby granddaughters, he has become increasingly worried about the number of foxes who visit his garden.
Well versed in fox control, Dave decided to conduct an experiment. He put a buggy in his garden one evening, put a dead piglet in it wearing baby clothes and played the sound of a baby crying through an MP3 player. He borrowed a friend's video camera to film whatever happened. Then he sat in a room with a view of the garden and waited.
The first piglet lasted an hour. Several foxes came to look at it. The outside light came on but that did not put them off. Then one of them reached forward and grabbed it. At that point, the outside light went out and, shortly afterwards, the battery in the borrowed camera died. Dave switched to his own video camera, put out another dead piglet dressed in another set of baby clothes, and waited some more.
This time, a fox grabbed the 'baby' under the light. It urinated on its kill then pulled off the baby-grow and discarded it.
This remarkable footage is the subject of a film by online TV channel Fieldsports Channel www.fieldsportschannel.tv.
Dave does not want to be named or interviewed even anonymously. Anti-hunting people have recently issued death threats to people who appear on Fieldsports Channel and Dave does not want that to happen to him.
Fieldsports Channel presenter Charlie Jacoby says: "These foxes are well-fed, mature animals that are clearly dining off dogfood put out by some of Dave's neighbours.
"We are showing this film not because we are trying to monster foxes but because we are trying to monster the people who regularly feed foxes. There are people who believe in a Fantastic Mr Foxy Loxy fantasy and think they can be best woodland friends with foxes. These are wild animals. Feed them and it makes them brave enough to attack you. And that is not their fault - it is your fault."
"This time it was a fake baby. Next time it could be the real thing."
Pest controllers commonly use recordings of a rabbit squealing to attract foxes by. These do sound remarkably like a baby crying. "Some experts thought the twins we attacked by a fox attracted by the smell of their nappies," says Charlie Jacoby. "We believe it might be sound as well as smell."
Dave says that in total, a dozen foxes visited his garden that night. Two of them had a fight. The one that took the second piglet is a mature vixen of two-three years old.

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[fieldsportschannel]

We don't think this is about reasons to shoot foxes. We think this is about reasons not to feed them

[lordblighty]

@welshfowler Foxes will, and do take young (whether its Lambs, Chicks, Calves, pigletts, pups, kittens and will even take human babies given the chance). They don't differentiate between any of those, it's all just food to them which is understandable. In urban areas they are a risk to children, Don't forget the twins that were mauled in their own cots by a fox.

As grand and interesting an animal as they are they're still predators, and will kill given the chance.

[CelebrateDiversity1]

@soundvoiceofreason

I 100% agree-I love foxes and they are nicer than many human beings!!!

[bollox50]

@stophunting1 get your facts right before you gob off you fuckin half witted retard, it is NOT illegal to shoot foxes, I am out fox shooting every week on and it's perfectly legal, learn the law u ignorant twat !

[soundvoiceofreason]

This has NEVER HAPPENED in recorded history. I dare you to cite one instance where a fox has taken a baby from a stroller or even killed a child. Again, in recorded history, NOT A SINGLE HUMAN BEING has ever been directly killed by a fox. Only indirectly by contracting something like rabies, for example.

This is nothing but FEAR MONGERING. Fear mongering for the sake of promoting your needles blood-"sport".

[ihaterobbie123]

@stophunting1 So because YOUR country banned the shooting of foxes that means my discovery that you lied about your stance on hunting is now invalid?

Next time you come up with a "witty" comeback it might be a good idea to retain some coherence. Your argument makes no fucking sense, none whatsoever.

And fox hunting isn't for fun, it's to control the fox population, something which would get out of hands if you had your way.

Foxes are still legally shot, the ban does nothing.

[stophunting1]

@ihaterobbie123 Dunno where you come from but here in my country we dont shoot foxes as its banned, so it seems your the one who needs to shut it! And there is a fucking difference between setting a bunch of dogs on a fox for FUN (fucking disgusting) than a wild dog eating to survive! so up yours! right back at ya! your not the only one who can come up with cocky and sarcastic come backs!

[ferretingkid]

@ihaterobbie123 Too right, and also if people dont like fieldsports they shouldnt watch it just to whinge on

[ihaterobbie123]

@stophunting1 Funny, you seemed pretty happy that a bow-hunter missed the fox he was aiming at on another video...care to restate your position without lying this time?

Actually just shut up, I already know it. You're against hunting, period.

Wild dogs in Africa eat their prey alive, much crueller than dog hunting, by your logic we should ban that. And before you cry "No, that's nature", I've got a fucking revelation for you...we're part of nature.

[stophunting1]

@ihaterobbie123 Hunting with dogs, i dont like that, its cruel its just suffering and pain, and the thought of someone actually enjoying the sight of any animal getting torn apart really makes me sick :/

[bollox50]

Wether you agree with this video or not a fox will take anything that is weaker than himself so it won't matter if it an animal or a baby they will select the vulnerable.

[ihaterobbie123]

@stophunting1 What sort of hunting do you want to stop? Just fox hunting?