GUEST,Patsy - urban foxes are here because we are, and they've been here for a very long time (we just didn't notice). They feed off what we throw away and they are not going to disappear anytime soon. They have already been enticed.

Kill them and more will arrive to take their place. Starve them and they'll stay anyway, but may become desperate. Feed them and they will leave us alone - a well-fed fox is not going to harm anybody.

The babies incident was regrettable, but so was the hysteria that accompanied it. Far, far more people are injured or even killed by dogs every year, but that's apparently not a problem.