Giant Foxes Roaming the UK

by YankeeJim | January 3, 2011 at 02:29 am

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Clever, I have seen them at night with my own eyes near Regents Park and even in the urbanity of Islington. There are plenty of sources of food for foxes, not to mention the occasional cat or small dog. Rats too loom larger than normal life in these parts. Survival of the fittest is at work here.

“Giant fox caught in Maidstone
A giant fox, that is twice the size of a normal specimen, has been captured in Kent, sparking fears that the animals are growing larger because of ‘easy living’ on bins and scraps.
Louise Gray
By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent 5:37PM GMT 02 Jan 2011

The male fox weighed two stone or 26.5lb and was four foot long, about the height of a seven-year-old child.
A giant fox, that is twice the size of a normal specimen, has been captured in Kent, sparking fears that the animals are growing larger because of ?easy living? on bins and scraps.
Seven-year-old Archie Wright stands next to the 26lb fox shot in Maidstone

The giant fox was captured and killed in Maidstone after a cat in the local neighbourhood was killed.

It was trapped in a cage and put down in a humane way by Keith Talbot, a local vet.

He said foxes had been seen around his parents house days after their 19-year-old tabby cat was found killed on the doorstep.

Zoologists and experts said foxes said foxes could be growing bigger because of ‘easy pickings’ of food scraps in dust bins or even left out by animal lovers.”