An unfortunet incident.
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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10 February 2013 09:08214662a 1 month old baby from bromly london has a finger bitten off by an urban fox,the finger was surgacly put back by docters at st.tomases.boris johnson has said there is a large problem with urban foxs around london. - 10 February 2013 10:34214681Fox bites off baby's finger
Police investigate after attack on infant in south-east London
"A fox left a one-month-old baby boy with a serious hand injury after creeping into his bedroom and dragging him from his cot.
Police said they were investigating the incident in Bromley, south east London, in which the animal tore the infant's finger off.
The child's screams alerted his mother, who rushed to his room to see his hand lodged "halfway down the animal's throat", according to the Mail on Sunday. She is said to have kicked the fox until it let go.
Surgeons managed to reattach the finger in an "extremely difficult" three-hour operation, the newspaper reported. The child, who also suffered puncture wounds to his face, was said to be recovering well.
The attack happened after the fox entered the house through an open back door, which was apparently awaiting repair by the council.
A Metropolitan police spokesman said: "We were called at 16.38 on Wednesday 6 February by staff at St Thomas's hospital to reports a baby boy who had been admitted to hospital after being attacked by a fox.
"Police attended to find a four-week-old baby with a hand injury. The baby was admitted to hospital after the attack at its home address in Bromley."
An RSPCA spokeswoman said the only reason a fox would attack is due to fear. She added: "It's extremely unusual for foxes to attack young children or anyone.
"It's not typical fox behaviour at all. Foxes will come closer to a house if there are food sources. Then they can become quite bold, but they usually do back off and run away when there's people around."
A fox attack in June 2010 left nine-month-old twins Lola and Isabella Koupparis scarred for life. The girls' mother, Pauline, described the mauling at their east London home as a "living nightmare"."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/09/fox-bites-baby-fingerIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 10 February 2013 10:39214683"An RSPCA spokeswoman said the only reason a fox would attack is due to fear." Obviously then, foxes must be terrified of chickens and only break into henhouses to confront their demons. Dear oh dear, these experts do utter some twaddle sometimes.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- 10 February 2013 10:45214688Alas, such experts will have been telephoned at the convenience of the journalist, given the bare bones of the situation and asked for a comment. No matter what the expert then says it is the most apposite quote, in the opinion of the journo, that makes it into the story.
The BBC will have an extra telephone installed so that certain experts can be on the Today programme and next to their Teasmade. All frightfully civilised.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 10 February 2013 10:48214689i have always found the urban fox to be nervous of humans, even the ones that feed them.
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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10 February 2013 12:34214709I am sure that a four week old baby (which I am sure any hack would have delighted in mentioning) in a cot who is a lot smaller and lighter than an adult fox must have been a terrifying sight for the fox, sorry I agree with Peter on this one.
On the news this morning it was mentioned there are about 10,000 urban foxes in London, there must be a lot of food deliberately put out or just lying around to support that number as their natural food chain surely would not support anywhere near that number..-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 10 February 2013 12:45214713Could it be that most food gets put in bins that they cant get into anymore and they are getting hungry?
With hunger comes desperation, especially if they have cubs to feed.
We have a couple of fox's that have been chasing our cats for months now, but I supose that is natural."My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum" - 10 February 2013 12:46214714I wonder whether we only see them out and about around the time the cubs are learning to fend for themselves? I have seen half a dozen or more at one time - adults and juveniles, but I have seen no sign of them for ages.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.