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After Attack on UK Babies, Foxes Seen as Red Menace

By Theunis BatesJun 8th 2010 – 11:25AM

LONDON (June 8) -- The red fox has long divided public opinion in Britain. Many country dwellers view the animals as livestock-murdering vermin and enjoy hunting them down with packs of dogs. But a large section of the population has a deep respect for these canny critters -- who have learned to thrive in Britain's towns...

Background on fox hunting

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of unarmed followers led by a master of foxhounds, who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.

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