Twins' fox attack could be tip of the iceberg, warns farmer

The nine-month-old girls were asleep in an upstairs bedroom when a fox attacked them in their cots.

But according to Mid Wales farmer, John Pugh, who has 60 years’ experience of working and living alongside wildlife, that could be just a taste of what happens when fox and badger populations are left unchecked.

“Wildlife is moving into the towns and cities because they cannot be controlled in the countryside. Sheer numbers mean they are being forced to move in order to survive,” says Mr Pugh.

“Badgers are already starting to follow the foxes into urban areas, taking the diseases they carry with them.

“It poses the question as to whether the Government has the money and resources to deal with what could be large scale urban disease epidemics.

“This is not scaremongering. It can happen. Foxes are known to carry rabies, while badgers can spread TB and any manner of other dreadful diseases.

“There is little doubt that urban infestation is going to get worse unless numbers are controlled. Both foxes and badgers are going into back gardens and parks, feeding off food put out for them while carrying who knows what deadly diseases for humans to pick up.

“The fox is a mean killing machine and numbers are up in their thousands in London and other major city centres. To them babies represent flesh and a larder of food.

“The situation is now such that an explosion of diseases is just waiting to happen. It is frightening.”

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