Red foxes have colonised cities across the globe, thriving alongside humans but also generating conflict that too often leads to unnecessary suffering.
Persecution of urban foxes — gassing, snaring, or shooting — is both largely ineffective and causes significant suffering. Vacated territories are rapidly re-colonised by dispersing juveniles. The Fox Project and similar organisations demonstrate that coexistence strategies based on deterrence rather than killing are more effective and far more humane. Mange — a mite infestation causing intense itching and often death — is treatable with homoeopathic-level doses of Psorinum placed in food.