JACKSON, Wyo. — Red foxes are the most widely distributed canines on the planet. Mainly due to their intelligence, skill, and remarkable adaptability, which, in essence, is the fox’s greatest gift.
Foxes are an “edge species” occupying transitional zones, where the forest meets grassland, and small rodents, birds, and den sites are abundant. They are the hunters and the hunted. Foxes have benefited by living near larger predators, including us. They learned how to scavenge and forage for food left behind by other predators and are clever enough to evade predation themselves. Once humans began colonizing, they created fox habitats with manmade structures and livestock, where rodent populations thrive.
Foxes flourished living on the edges of human developments, providing much needed rodent control until human views changed from friend to foe. In Wyoming, foxes are trapped, snared, and shot without limit. Foxes can be killed in any manner all year long. There is no mandatory reporting or population monitoring.
View the 5th video in Wyoming Untrapped’s Engagement Through Film Series, “The Red Fox, A Life on the Edge.” A tribute to the resiliency of a fox and inspiration for us to coexist.
We have long been mesmerized and enchanted by foxes, admiring their intellect and resiliency. We have benefited from having foxes as our closest neighbors. But now they need us to put a stop to their needless killing. Foxes embody coexistence, and we can too.
Join us to protect these incredibly versatile canines.
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Exceptional partners give wings to great ideas! This project was funded (or funded in part) by the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole and Lush Cosmetics: Charity Pot.
