Brush with danger as foxes enter homes
FOXES are sneaking into homes in the Capital in an increasingly desperate search for food after bin bags were taken off the streets.

Hunters kill 800 foxes
ABOUT 800 foxes have been killed since the law banning hunting with hounds came into force five weeks ago.

Season starts for defiant fox hunters
AROUND 150,000 people are expected to turn out across Britain today for the start of the new fox-hunting season in a show of defiance over the proposed ban on the sport.

Pensioner attacked by fox in her back garden
AN ELDERLEY woman was attacked by a fox when she went into her garden late at night to feed her pet.

Fox-attacks inquiry given the brush off
CITY leaders have rejected demands for a probe into fox attacks in the Capital, dismissing the proposal as a "waste of time".

Results split in fox phone poll
EVENING News readers are divided on whether the city council should examine ways of controlling the Capital's fox population.

City urged to act on urban foxes menace
COUNCIL chiefs have been urged to investigate fox control methods after it emerged dozens of pets across the Capital have been attacked.

Alarm as city foxes kill pets for food
PET owners were warned today to lock-up their animals after a huge rise in fox attacks in the Capital.

Girl, 4, is bitten as fox creeps up to her bedroom
A SLEEPING four-year-old girl was attacked by a fox when the animal crept into her house and made its way into her upstairs bedroom.

Family cat dies after savaging by foxes
FOXES savaged an Edinburgh family's pet cat in their back garden and left it so badly injured it had to be put down.

Family pets at risk from hungry urban foxes
FAMILY pets are at increased risk from attack, as Edinburgh's urban foxes are forced into a desperate search for food following the introduction of wheelie bins.

Starving foxes on prowl for your pet
FAMILIES are being warned their pets are at risk as Edinburgh's foxes are forced into a desperate search for food.

Police foxed by car vandals
POLICE have identified the culprits responsible for attacks on car brakes but will let them off scot-free - because they are foxes.

25,000 foxes killed in cull
MORE than 25,000 foxes have been killed in four weeks in an Australian state after a bounty was put on their tails.

Brush with danger
As a 14-week-old baby is attacked at home by a fox, Sandra Dick asks what other rural threats lurk at the bottom of our gardens.



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