bagies finger bitten off by a fox in Bromley

[sinbad]

Updated: 09 February 2013 21:17 | By pa.press.net

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Police are investigating after a baby was attacked by a fox in Bromley


Police are investigating a fox attack on a one-month-old baby boy which left his hand seriously injured.
The animal tore the infant's finger off after dragging him from his cot after entering his bedroom in Bromley, south-east London, according to reports.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "We were called at 1638 on Wednesday 6 February by staff at St Thomas's Hospital to reports a baby boy who had been admitted to hospital after being attacked by a fox.
"Police attended to find a four-week-old baby with a hand injury.
"The baby was admitted to hospital after the attack at its home address in Bromley.
"Inquiries continue."
The child's mother was alerted by his screaming and rushed into his room to see his hand lodged "halfway down the animal's throat", the Mail on Sunday said.
Surgeons were able to reattach the baby's finger and he was said to be recovering well.

 

[Oh6]

The story has made the BBC News now as well:

BBC News - Fox attacked baby boy in own home, police say


...in fact it is now all over the various news websites.

 

[sinbad]

Hope somebody interviews Brian May about it.
He keeps telling people how harmless foxes are, Im sure he would twist the story round until the baby ended up getting the blame.
sinbad

 

[Craggy]

An RSPCA spokesperson said

" the only reason a fox will attack is, if its in fear "

a one month old baby must have really scared it sh....less!!

craggy

 

[Steyer 6.5]

They are such idiots (RSPCA)

 

[Rangefinder]

An RSPCA spokesperson said

" the only reason a fox will attack is, if its in fear "

craggy

What never ceases to amaze me is how comfortable people are making statements that they know are complete fabrications and falsehoods just to further their own cause.... Do these muppets really believe the complete sh*te they talk?

 

[finnbear270]

This morning's news items included an interview with the guy at the head of the pest control organisation/association, I got a real anti undercurrent feeling from the female half of the team that fronts the program, the pest control guy fielded very well I thought. The Fox is a very capable and opportunistic predator, but then we in the real world know that , don't we!

 

[hughsurrey]

What never ceases to amaze me is how comfortable people are making statements that they know are complete fabrications and falsehoods just to further their own cause.... Do these muppets really believe the complete sh*te they talk?

The problem is that most people only see a fox scurrying about, or running in front of their car. The days where everyone had lost a chicken or a pet cat to a fox are gone, so they have very little knowledge, and a man from the ROYAL Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals comes across on the TV as an authority, whilst people who work or live in the country are denigrated by the BBC et al as some sort of bumpkin with a pathological hatred of all animals.

 

[SussexFallow]

Might add 'screaming baby' to my foxpro!

 

[The tramp]

Might add 'screaming baby' to my foxpro!

Dare I say it. It works.

 

[Oh6]

An RSPCA spokesperson said

" the only reason a fox will attack is, if its in fear "

a one month old baby must have really scared it sh....less!!

All it would take, is a video of a fox steaming in from a couple of hundred metres to a screaming hare call, to thoroughly disprove that one.

Better yet, I can't be the only one to have been out shopping and heard a baby crying and think that a recording would make a great fox call...

 

[Sinistral]

Updated: 09 February 2013 21:17 | By pa.press.net



Police are investigating a fox attack on a one-month-old baby boy which left his hand seriously injured.
The animal tore the infant's finger off after dragging him from his cot after entering his bedroom in Bromley, south-east London, according to reports.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "We were called at 1638 on Wednesday 6 February by staff at St Thomas's Hospital to reports a baby boy who had been admitted to hospital after being attacked by a fox.
"Police attended to find a four-week-old baby with a hand injury.
"The baby was admitted to hospital after the attack at its home address in Bromley.
"Inquiries continue."
The child's mother was alerted by his screaming and rushed into his room to see his hand lodged "halfway down the animal's throat", the Mail on Sunday said.
Surgeons were able to reattach the baby's finger and he was said to be recovering well.

Gosh. This sounds exciting, but I'll wait to see if this purple prose proves to be true.

This heartless predator was obviously shocked on discovering that the discarded Findus Lasagne it had been living on from the wheelie-bins in SW1 were all horsemeat. It decided to seek out an authentic food source. Foxes are quite adaptable it seems.

 

[nun_hunter]

Might add 'screaming baby' to my foxpro!

I did see a YouTube clip where they wrapped a dead piglet in a baby's blanket and put it in a pram in the back garden then played a tape of a baby crying and a fox came in and dragged the piglet out the pram. Not exactly scientific but does go to show that some foxes will be more than brave enough if hungry to come and investigate the sound of a screaming baby.

 

[Nulli Secundus]

A fox is a predator and scavenger plain and simple. If it can find an easy meal it will. With the available food sources the fox can find in urban areas it stands to reason the species will become larger and bolder over time. This will continue to present an ever increasing problem as very small children will make a good meal for a fox and wont fight back. It is time people woke up to this threat and responded accordingly. Unfortunately with the RSPCA spouting nonsense such as "a fox will only attack a baby if frightened" it may be sometime before common sense prevails. Mind you they had to provide the above quote as they have just spent £350,000 prosecuting people for killing a fox haven't they?

 

[finnbear270]

Fox, ..... 20 pounds for a good Un' .... add about another 10 pounds & some pack instinct.......... you have a real contender for an urban wolf?

 

[willowbank]

Might add 'screaming baby' to my foxpro!

Spoke to Robert Bucknell author of "Foxing with lamp and rifle" at the CLA gamefair, he is perhaps THE expert, we discussed the then newsworthy incident of twins being attacked in south London, his opinion was that the babies were crying and the fox was attracted by the similar crying of rabbits in distress, so yes the sound will attract foxes.

Regards WB

 

[Nulli Secundus]

Spoke to Robert Bucknell author of "Foxing with lamp and rifle" at the CLA gamefair, he is perhaps THE expert, we discussed the then newsworthy incident of twins being attacked in south London, his opinion was that the babies were crying and the fox was attracted by the similar crying of rabbits in distress, so yes the sound will attract foxes.

Regards WB

Thats very worrying. As these incidents are getting more common I wonder what it will take before people wake up to the fact that having our largest predator wandering around our cities isn't such a good idea, a childs death? They won't be quite so cute and cuddly then! I also wonder what is done to actually kill the fox responsible. Fox learn quickly where food is concerned and who's to say that particular animal wont have a go again?

 

[trooper3.1]

complete and utter rubbish Foxes do not attack people. Brian may said so on the Tv last year when he was on a show about Foxes hosted by that other **** Mark Evans.

paul

 

[Nulli Secundus]

Fox, ..... 20 pounds for a good Un' .... add about another 10 pounds & some pack instinct.......... you have a real contender for an urban wolf?

Quite right! You only have to look at how quickly a certain breed of dog can be established to realise the possibility of a larger and more powerful strain of fox could emerge.

 

[Nulli Secundus]

complete and utter rubbish Foxes do not attack people. Brian may said so on the Tv last year when he was on a show about Foxes hosted by that other **** Mark Evans.

paul

I'll bet he feels a bit stupid right now and I wonder if he is still sticking to that comment today? The telegraph has recently printed this:
October 2011

Marius Rook, five, woke to find a marauding fox in his bedroom. The animal had got in through an open window and crept up to the third floor of the house in Hackney, east London. His mother, Annette, ran to Marius' room to find her son crying and complaining about a pain in his ear. She called police who used a noose to drag the animal from their home.

June 2010

Nine-month-old twins Isabella and Lola Koupparis were savaged by a fox in their cots after it crept into their home, also in Hackney. Their parents dialled 999 after finding Isabella with deep cuts to her arm and Lola's face covered in blood. Both girls were taken to the Royal London Hospital where they were given antibiotics and had surgery.

The family underwent counselling to help them come to terms with the traumatic attack and called for more to be done by councils to control the growing number of foxes in the capital. The case sparked a national outcry as some questioned the couple's story amid fears of a backlash against urban foxes.

Later the same month toddler Jake Jermy was taken to hospital after reports he had been attacked by a fox while attending a party at a school in Brighton, East Sussex. It was understood the three-year-old was bitten on the arm after he stroked the tail of the animal, which was sticking out from under a temporary building and it then turned on him.
September 2003
Four-year-old Jessica Brown was bitten on the arm when a fox crept into her upstairs bedroom in Tufnell Park, north London, while she was sleeping.
July 2002
Peter Day told of how a fox attacked his baby son Louis at his home in Dartford, Kent. The 14-week-old suffered four puncture wounds on his head and had to be kept in hospital overnight. Mr Day said: "I came into the living room and there was a fox sitting there beside my wife. He had already done the damage to Louis. "I picked him up and chased the fox out of the house and all the way up the garden."


Although none of the above resulted in fatalities it's only a matter of time.