Foxes are flourishing in England - numbers have rocketed to almost five times

It is believed that the number of foxes that live in urban areas in England has shot up to almost five times. The total urban fox population which was around 33,000 in the 1990s has increased to 150,000 today. Their numbers have swelled in the northern towns of England, but have remained relatively stable in southern cities.
The rise is attributed to foxes moving into new areas over the past 20 years and, their numbers have also multiplied rapidly in low-density towns, especially in the northern parts of England.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 4 January 2017.

Sightings of urban foxes have dropped in England by 43 per cent since the 1990s. Bournemouth has 23 foxes per square km and London has 18 per square km. Going to north of England, Newcastle has 10 foxes per square km. Bristol was once a haven for foxes with 37 per square km but, a disease wiped out most of the population over the past two decades and it now has only 16 per square km.
As per estimates, there are 150,000 urban foxes living in England which works out to one for every 300 city residents. Foxes are shy predators and help to keep the population of rat, mouse, and other pests in check.


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