Red foxes have successfully colonized urban environments worldwide, but their presence creates conflicts with residents, and humane coexistence approaches protect both fox welfare and community relations.
Urban foxes occupy a complex welfare space: they are wild animals living in human-modified environments, experiencing both the benefits of food availability and the costs of vehicle collisions, mange infestations, and direct persecution. Mange causes prolonged suffering and is treatable with oral medication left in bait food. Lethal management fails on both welfare and effectiveness grounds. Education, responsible waste management, and humane deterrents support coexistence while minimizing harm to individual foxes.