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The fox has successfully moved into town, and they are thriving, a typical
den site would be along the railway embankment, in derelict buildings, under
garden sheds, and several other locations, urban foxes have adapted well
to busy roads although they do have a high mortality rate, many young foxes
become the victim of the car, however there numbers are increasing every
year, in the summer months you may see whole families of foxes playing and
sunbathing, in the afternoon, as the fox has become bolder his fear of humans
has diminished some what, we have read about fox attacks on young and old
people, any small mammal is at risk including cats and dogs, diseases carried
can be transmitted to humans and the family pets, one of those symptoms
is sarcoptic scabe the most commonest of mange and one that requires careful
treatment, it is caused by the infestation of a fox with a minute parasite,
an other name for this is the itch mite, this mite attacks the lymph, and
is suspected to feed on the epidermis, this is the outer layer of the skin,
all the face should be burnt immediately, children should not be allowed
to play in the infected areas until the foxes have been removed, and cleaned
up the garden do not waste time if you think your pet has picked up an allergic
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Mink have caused havoc along the waterways of most of England and Ireland
they have nearly wiped out the vole population, including many ground nesting
birds, fish and small waterside mammals, an unwelcome alien which has become
established after escaping from fur farms during the past few decades, mink
can climb like squirrels and swim like rats, they are dangerous, and should
not be approached, mink were introduced from the united states of America. |
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Rabbits were introduced into Britain by the Romans only for food to feed
the legions of the roman Army, they breed them in captivity, however many
rabbits escaped and survived our climate and with in a decade the rabbits
had recovered and were in abundance , rabbit meat was popular up until the
second World War, in the 1930s the Authorities hired local gamekeepers,
and farm workers to catch some live rabbits and inject them with myxamatosis,
this viral pneumonia type symptom nearly wiped out the rabbit population,
to-day there are plenty of rabbits around although they have an out break
in one particular area every few years, some die but the majority are healthy,
And strong., the reason why this properly happens is because in the 1950s
in the UK a rabbit flea (spilopsyllus cuniculi) which was carrying the virulent
myxoma virus causing myxomatosis was released to keep down the numbers,
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