The Fox - Le Renard


Thoughts in Darrick Wood by Trevor Morgan 16 May 2020 (traduction française ci-dessous)

We have lots of foxes in our area. They do not usually venture far, but I have seen a fox in our garden wander as far Darrick Wood about 1km away. We have caught it on a trail camera.
People either love the foxes or hate them. Most people are glad to have them around and many people feed them. I like them a lot but do not encourage them to come near to the house and become habituated to humans.

There is no need to persecute foxes either by killing them because you believe they are pests or catching them and relocating them to other foxes’ territories. Sometimes they are a nuisance when they dig holes to make a den, but I can live with that.

Some of the foxes are quite tame. We got out of our car one night at 2 am, a fox was nearby -less than two meters – it made no effort to move. Most foxes will run away if you approach with 20 meters of them.

The people that hate the foxes often malign them. They accuse them of attacking and killing cats. They have even accused them of entering homes and attacking babies. Most of these stories are untrue.

We had a visiting cat who decided that our garden was his property and would drive fox families away. Our own cat tolerated the foxes and simply let them carry on their activities around him.
Foxes are reluctant to get involved in a fight with a cat for fear of eye damage.

 The foxes in our area do not dare to come into our house, even when the sliding doors are open and they can smell cooking. If a fox enters your house, then it will be because you have encouraged it with food. Foxes scavenge dead cat  bodies so many people falsely believe that the fox has killed their pet.

Foxes do provide a service as they instinctively kill rats and mice. They will also kill your chickens and rabbits when the potential victims are not caged properly.

Humans can happily live alongside foxes, we, after all, invaded their territory and assumed the right to evict them. They have learnt to live alongside us. The urban fox in our garden did not invade from the countryside: it has descended from families that have always been here. There is no need to persecute them, why not live and let live?



Pensées dans Darrick Wood par Trevor Morgan 16 mai 2020

Nous avons beaucoup de renards dans notre région. Ils ne s'aventurent généralement pas loin, mais j'ai vu des renards dans notre jardin errer jusqu'à Darrick Wood à environ 1 km. Nous l'avons pris sur une caméra de piste.

Les gens aiment les renards ou les détestent. La plupart des gens sont heureux de les avoir autour et beaucoup de gens les nourrissent. Je les aime beaucoup mais ne les encourage pas à s'approcher de la maison et à s'habituer aux humains.

Il n’est pas nécessaire de persécuter les renards soit en les tuant, parce que vous croyez qu’ils sont nuisibles, soit en les attrapant et en les relocalisant sur les territoires d’autres renards.

Parfois, ils sont gênants lorsqu'ils creusent des trous pour faire une tanière, mais je peux vivre avec ça. Certains renards sont assez dociles. Nous sommes sortis de notre voiture une nuit à 2 heures du matin, un renard était à proximité - à moins de deux mètres - il n'a fait aucun effort pour bouger. La plupart des renards s'enfuiront si vous vous approchez à 20 mètres d'eux
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Les gens qui détestent les renards les calomnient souvent. Ils les accusent d'attaquer et de tuer des chats. Ils les ont même accusés d'entrer dans des maisons et d'attaquer des bébés. La plupart de ces histoires sont fausses. Nous avons eu un chat en visite qui a décidé que notre jardin était sa propriété et chasserait les familles de renards. Notre propre chat a toléré les renards et les a simplement laissés continuer leurs activités autour de lui.

Les renards sont réticents à s'impliquer dans une bagarre avec un chat par peur des lésions oculaires. Les renards de notre région n'osent pas entrer dans notre maison, même lorsque les portes coulissantes sont ouvertes et peuvent sentir la cuisine. Si un renard entre dans votre maison, ce sera parce que vous l'avez encouragé avec de la nourriture.

Les renards récupèrent les cadavres de chats tant de gens croient à tort que le renard a tué leur animal de compagnie. Les renards fournissent un service car ils tuent instinctivement des rats et des souris. Ils tueront également vos poulets et vos lapins lorsque les victimes potentielles ne sont pas correctement mises en cage.

Les humains peuvent vivre heureux aux côtés des renards, nous avons, après tout, envahi leur territoire et assumé le droit de les expulser. Ils ont appris à vivre à nos côtés. Le renard urbain de notre jardin ne nous a pas envahis de la campagne: il est issu de familles qui ont toujours été ici. Il n'est pas nécessaire de les persécuter, pourquoi ne pas vivre et laisser vivre?






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