Part of the ongoing fox study is to catalogue, or, rather, build up a data base of photographs of foxes in the UK. You might think "But one fox looks the same as the next, right?"
Wrong.
As I detailed in The Red Paper 2022 Vol. 1 we have black foxes (melanistic red foxes and silver foxes that are escaped pets) and white to whitish ones not to mention foxes with visible ringed tails and, never thought I would see this, a striped fox that we jokingly called "the thylacine fox". We have foxes with a yellowish tinge, light or deep orange colouring as well as reddish to "cherry red" coloured foxes.
There are long legged, tall foxes, foxes smaller than domestic cats and so on and so forth.
There are other slight differences and we know that there are North American Red Foxes (NARFs) and have been for a very long time since the British fur farming industry collapsed in the 1950s and these foxes all 'escaped' (if you get my drift).
Fox rescues release their charges around the country so there are no longer regional types -with so many thousands dying each year the new blood kicks in for as long as they survive so the look can change and there are people I know who have kept records and photo references of the local foxes for 2-3 decades.
I never give out locations and the data base is not a public one. There should be no concern that once I get a photo I will post it along with "Sent in by Mrs Cullen, 32 Windsor Rd, Thumpheath" Location (NOT down to street number) is needed or else its just a jumble of photos from anywhere.I am perfectly aware of the type of people out there so protection of animals is the priority.
Can you help? Do you get regular fox(es) and can you take any photos or have photos of them? If so I can be contacted via Face Book (Fox and Canid Study Project) or at blacktowercg@hotmail.com
We still need to learn so much more about foxes.
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