Looking at Stephen Harris and Philip Baker's Urban Foxes book there are things that are quite off as they state mange kills more foxes than cars.
At one point this was true because up until 1994 mange was not reported in Bristol. That is the reason so many fox watchers who cared for minor injuries etc were caught off guard and could not help.
I keep stating 94% of Bristol foxes were killed off but looking at some other data the 95%+ figure for the number of foxes that died does seem more accurate.
There have been rumours for a long time that Bristol Uni and its fox study deliberately released mange into the City as part of a study to see how fast rabies would spread. I may disagree with some of what Harris states but I would never believe that he would do such a thing (evidence seems to show that he was anti hunt).
If you read this item you will find that the fox involved left the City then returned with mange.
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