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I was called in by the Metropolitan Police to attend
a fox incident in Hackney, London at around 5am
in the morning.
It turned out that a horrific attack by a fox (believed
to be a vixen) on two 9 month old twins whilst sleeping
separately in their cot's had taken place hours before.
Over a 2 week period, I assisted the Metropolitan
Police and Hackney Council's Emergency Planning
Department in order to carry out a monitoring
trapping treatment in the grounds of the Hackney
property in order to screen for notifiable diseases.
Some other pest control companies claimed to have
'responded' to the incident; in fact by way of delivering
leaflets in order to drum-up new business out of the appalling
events.
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BBC1 Countryfile at a London School.
Televised on Sunday the 3rd of October 2010
The broadcast included an interview with Ali Bradwell, the latest
victim of a fox attack in East London, who explained how 30
years ago, when she first moved to London, seeing an urban
fox was a rare and rather magical occurrence. "Today rather like
hoodies they hang around in groups of four to six on street
corners," she said.
The programme didn't shy away from the realities of pest control either.
John Craven accompanied professional pest controller
Steve Barron as he took steps to protect a school play area
in East London.
The children were out playing, so this was not a case of the school
overreacting.
His overnight trapping was successful. The captured fox was despatch by shooting which was described by Mr Craven as 'quick, clinical and legal although not pleasant'. Steve agreed: "It's not a pleasant job, but we can't have foxes here in this play area."
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Pest Magazine "Fox on the Run" Interview