Foxy woxy, foxy poxy
From Mr Peter Hamlyn Sir: Robert Gore-Langton ('It's a job for a dog', 21 September) may have made up the city council 'Task-Centred Fox Support Initiative' and its 'philosophy', but I regret to report that he may not be that wide of the mark. At a recent family gathering! was talking to a niece who has returned with her family after four years abroad on government service. Reinstalled in their south-east London house, they are plagued by foxes rifling their dustbins, breaking down fences, defecating all over the garden, disturbing the night with screams, and generally acting with vulpine disregard for the conventions of socialised behaviour, unfazed by the forays of two labradors. I suggested a call to the local council environment health inspector. Through gritted teeth she told me that she had, indeed, already attempted that, but all she could get was advice on how to feed and befriend Mr Fox.
Peter Hamlyn
Weymouth, Dorset
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