Urban foxes

Urban foxes have become common in many cities around the world. It is believed that encroachment of residential areas into green-belts left many islands of agricultural land, which still managed to support small numbers of foxes. As these remaining agricultural lands themselves became developed, foxes were isolated and forced to survive exclusively in the urban landscape.

Foxes are certainly now becoming a more common pest animal in Australia’s major cities. This Primefact discusses:

• breeding
• the problem
• control
• fox proofing.