My heart is smashed into a thousand pieces. It is with a heavy heart that I have to share the sad news with you that my fellow fox guardian and life partner of 19 years Tony Cook aka Tony Bear died yesterday after complications from his second open-heart surgery. He was only 54 years old. Tony was an amazing guy …
Littlehampton Academy Culls Fox Family In the summer when fox cubs start to explore and become more visible, there are often reports that we are allegedly “overrun” by foxes and routinely Golf Clubs and schools panic and call in “pest” control to have foxes killed. Sadly often the fox cullers are extremely proactive, contacting schools and golf clubs and other …
For Fox’s Sake – please do NOT hand-feed or pet a wild fox! This is not in the fox’s interest but puts them in grave danger. “When you hand-feed a fox you train them to associate a human hand with food.” says Professor Dawn Scott, the UK’s leading fox expert. She strongly advises against hand-feeding because with time a conditioned …
Today is a very special day for me. The 7th of July 2016 is forever etched into my memory; the day I became “Foxed” and my life changed forever. I was watering the lawn that sunny afternoon when a little fox cub appeared as if out of thin air. He was fascinated by the water stream and started to play …
Somewhere beyond right and wrong, there is a garden. I will meet you there. (Rumi) The vixen was resting in the tall grass soaking up the sunshine. Next to her, Dinky, her smallest cub was mimicking mum’s every move. The warm air was scented with English roses and filled with the birdsong. Bumble bees were drunkenly buzzing by. On this …