Foxes...ahhhhhh

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Guest 657
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11 January 2009 21:4612561
#1
I know some people don't like foxes and consider them pests, but if you do like them here's a couple of pics of one I came across in a cemetery today who let me hand feed him (a jacket potato!)

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Bern
- Location: Dover
11 January 2009 21:5412563
#2
Jeanne, that's lovely! Where am based at work at the moment we have foxes in the grounds, but sadly, as the buildings are being demolished, they will have to find another home. But they are gorgeous creatures!
howard mcsweeney1
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11 January 2009 21:5712565
#3
they are extremely attractive creatures, loved to watch them in action at night when i lived in london.

people with garden sheds would disagree though, the smell they leave is disgusting.

at the end of the day, they are dogs that no-one cleans up after.
Guest 640
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11 January 2009 21:5912566
#4
Wow! Jeane great pictures there, very well done, absolutely captures the moment. When you consider these animals are wild its a very good scoop there. A thumbsup for lovely pictures
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howard mcsweeney1
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11 January 2009 22:5512567
#5
paul
in our larger towns and cities they are not wild animals anymore.

leave a door open in the summer and a fox or squirrel will soon introduce itself.

squirrels, whilst being very loveable, entertaining and friendly creatures can do rather a lot of damage to any electrical cabling once they find where it is housed.
Bern
- Location: Dover
12 January 2009 07:2512573
#6
Didn't they recently start a fire in the house of a Peer of the Realm? Republican squirrelrs - love it!!!!!
Guest 643
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12 January 2009 08:1712578
#7
Hi Jeane,
Nothing whatever to do with foxes but have to say I love your coat - where did you get it? It is so pretty.
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".
Guest 653
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12 January 2009 08:1912579
#8
Lovely pictures Jeane.

We have a fox-hole in our back garden (up Folkestone Road) but I haven't seen the fox(es) yet.

Roger
Guest 657
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12 January 2009 09:2912582
#9
Thanks guys, I was so happy he let me feed him. He was shy at first so I treated him like a wolf - I looked down and then he came right up to me and took the food. When I was looking directly at him he was more cautious.

Thank you Jacqui, it's funny a few people have actually stopped me in the street and asked me about my coat. It's a ski jacket by Roxy Quicksilver, it's lovely and warm. Roxy is stocked by big department stores or outdoor persuits type shops. I bought it last year.

Howard a squirrel chewed through my friends cable TV wiring, he was not amused!
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Guest 641
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12 January 2009 11:0512587
#10
Jeane, I hope that that potato was not 'Cajun Squirrel' flavour
Guest 657
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12 January 2009 12:2812591
#11
Oh Barry it was a cheese jacket actually!
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Guest 644
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12 January 2009 12:3312593
#12
What a beauty. It always surprises me quite how confident urban foxes are with people sometimes. Mind you I've never managed to get that close to one.

Excellent pics Jeane, you were very lucky.
howard mcsweeney1
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12 January 2009 20:0312626
#13
you may be talking about hilll foxes phil, get them around my way(never actually see them) just tidy up the corpses of their victims.

the urban fox tends to prefer a macdonalds or a kfc.
if they saw an actual chicken they may keep it as a pet.
Guest 672
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12 January 2009 20:4712643
#14
I get very close to them at work, theyr'e always after the cat food we put out.

Smashing pics there Squid Squad, how are you?

Ian...
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 657
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12 January 2009 21:3712653
#15
Thanks Phil.

We are fine thanks Ian. Must get to Dover one of these days and catch up.
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Guest 656
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13 January 2009 11:4412702
#16
Lovely pictures there Jeane, I must say I am not that fond of foxes especially as one took both our girls pet rabbits a while back, but I guess thats nature.

Loving the coat.
Guest 657
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13 January 2009 12:1512705
#17
Alas the same fate met my friends daughters pet rabbit.

Thanks Colette.
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Guest 657
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13 January 2009 14:3312714
#18
He'll be demanding his own agent soon as he's now on BBC Strange London!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/image_galleries/strange_london_gallery.shtml?1

Not sure if I have made that a clickable link, sorry if not.
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Guest 640
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14 January 2009 09:3412785
#19
Yes here is the picture of jeane's story on the BBC. brilliant stuff. Well done Jeane and well done for putting it all up on here too. Great story.

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Guest 657
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14 January 2009 09:4912789
#20
Yep Dover forum got the news before the beeb,
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