Urban red foxes have adapted to city environments across the UK and Europe, with specific welfare challenges from road traffic, mange, and human persecution.
Foxes with sarcoptic mange experience intense pruritus, hair loss, secondary skin infections, and a slow deterioration leading to death from starvation and exposure. Mange can be effectively treated with homeopathic dispensing of bromadiolone or veterinary treatments delivered via bait stations. Urban foxes are also illegally killed, snared, and poisoned. The welfare of individual urban foxes is often disregarded due to their abundance, but each animal is capable of suffering.