Are foxes lamb killers?
Foxes are not animals that go around slaughtering lambs for a living. Mutton is not a preferred food according to detailed study of diet by biologists and foxes are not a threat to the livelihood of livestock owners. Even if some lambs were taken there is usually no evidence that these were healthy, fit lambs. Lamb and sheep debris found at earths doesn’t mean that these animals were killed by the fox. It is often only scavenged carrion. It is unfair to persecute an animal for being what it is and a fox has no fault whatsoever in using its predation instincts in times of need. Nevertheless they are not a serious threat to farmers as are wild animals in other parts of the world like Europe and America where farmers have to be compensated for sheep loss due to wolf predation. The fox is not a predator of large mammals and its main niche as a predator is to prey upon small mammals and birds as well as insects, worms and fruit. Foxes pose a threat to the native wildlife of Australia where
