"...far far more foxes are killed each year in the towns and cities than by hunts, and not by cars, but by people who kill them because they are a pest."

Where'd you get that statistic, Laura? Maybe it's true, but all I know is, foxes are pretty popular in Harlow - people even feed them. More often than not, if I'm out late coming home from a session or something, I'll see the odd fox strolling around looking pretty relaxed. If anybody is busy killing them they keep very quiet about it, wisely.