What happens if a red fox becomes extinct?
Not only would we suffer another extinction of a species that is beautiful and unique, but circumstances would develop that happen anytime the food chain is interrupted. The removal of (a predator) the fox, from the food chain leaves a gap that allows all the prey animals normally eaten by the fox to have an unchecked period of growth. This in turn, has a domino effect on the plants they eat. This can lead to other die offs, of those prey animals, and the plants they have been consuming. Depending on the region and habitat, the fox might be replaced by another predator species. But usually another species doesn’t eat the identical diet, leaving something out of balance. All species depend on one another to some degree to maintain a balanced ecosystem and survive, remove one and it throws the balance off. Right now the Red Fox is listed as “least concern” with a “population trend of stable” by the IUCN Red List. Hopefully, this will not be an issue anywhere in the near future for the Re
