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There have been several fox sightings in Babylon Village since last summer. Granted they are wild animals but how dangerous are they compared to, say, a raccoon (assuming they are around the same size)?
There have been several fox sightings in Babylon Village since last summer. Granted they are wild animals but how dangerous are they compared to, say, a raccoon (assuming they are around the same size)?
In the wild a raccoon can be more dangerous but considering they live among us and eat scraps, cat food,etc...they normally will just walk/run away when they see a human. When i've encountered foxes over the years even though only a couple of times, they too have run away or kept their distance. While doing a TDY in Germany while with the Air force, we were feeding a red fox fried chicken daily and he would come right up to you but would pull away if you tried to pet him.
I saw a dead one (sadly must have been hit by a car) in Williston Park about 2 weeks ago.
It's because ALL wildlife are being forced from their habitats due to man's overbuilding.
A dead fox in Williston Park? Wow, I would have thought that that area was too built up to have much wildlife other than rabbits and the odd raccoon or opossum.
A rabies alert for northern Westmoreland County has been issued by an area veterinarian because a rabid fox attacked two people seven days ago in Loyalhanna Township.
Thats interesting you see them on Long Island. I lived in London for years, we saw them all the time, urban red foxes. They make a heck of a racket when they copulate. I now live in lower Westchester, and we have deer, rabbits, possums and raccoons, but no hint of a fox.
I'm curious as to how far west they have been sighted.
We had them in Port Washington about 15 years ago. I poured myself a cup of coffee one morning and looked out my kitchen window only to see one in my back yard- that was bizarre.
My cousin, who lives in London, is always complaining about them messing up his garden. He lives in a row house and the fox jump from shed to shed across the back yards of the row houses at night.
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