When red foxes are hunting small prey, they use a tactic that biologists call “mousing”: A fox will stalk its quarry until it’s at a certain distance, leap high into the air, and come down ...
Using dogs to chase or kill foxes was made illegal in England and Wales in 2004 in the Hunting Act. Labour has called for stricter laws around fox hunting after it claimed there have been less ...
Protesters have clashed with hunt supporters at Boxing Day meets over claims that foxes are still being killed for fun. Events in Kent and Sussex were met with protests by animal-rights activists.