A
fox creeps into a family home in south east London, attacks a baby and chews
off its finger.
Is
it now time to say "enough is enough" and order a cull? The Mayor of
London, Boris Johnson, has said the attack is a "wake up call", and
he has called on councils in London to "come together, study the data, try
to understand why this is becoming such a problem and act quickly to sort it
out".
Peter
Crowden, former chairman of the National Pest Technicians Association, told
Today presenter Sarah Montague "it's not the foxes' fault, it's the
humans... [foxes] are wild animals."
Professor
Stephen Harris, an expert in urban foxes, explained "there has not been
much change in the fox population in the last 60 years.
"People
try and make the foxes in their garden, tame. Behaviour like that is
ridiculous.
"You
can cull foxes till the cows come home but it won't address the actual
problem," he added.
First
broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme on
Monday 11 February 2013.
Audio
recording: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21408944
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