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Dunno, I don’t think animals have to offer something to an urban environment.
I’m not an animal rights advocate but I know nature is above all and is not difficult to understand that urban environments are basically an ostacle to wildlife, so only thing left for us to do is to deal with it by making our houses more secure and ready to keep our property safe.
For example most houses here are so badly and cheaply constructed that to animals could easily get in. Just fucking seal the damn thing!
I grew up in the countryside so I miss these encounters but generally I feel stupidly blessed when an animal decide to spend time and interact with me.
Put it like that, all the hours the fox spend in our garden means he’s not wrecking someone else’s flower pots.
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I confess to be struggling with this.
And I'm not posting this to be deliberately provocative.
But what is your reasoning behind encouraging a creature which is urban, destructive / vermin?
Convince me of what useful / desirable contribution foxes make to an urban environment.
We (humans) undoubtably are contributory to encouraging their presence with discarded KFC (etc) on the streets.
And I'm not trying to start an animal rights war here.
Nor am I trying to encourage the reinstatement of The Dulwich Hunt.
But personally, I'd prefer to not be having to deal with, and clear up their stinking shit from my back garden.