Vulpine Vulpine, Villain or Wrongly Vilified?
Two headlines caught my attention this week, both about animals attacking children. One article went into the details of the attack, how an infant was attacked in his home , had a finger bitten off which was then re-attached by surgeons and there are still doubts over whether he will regain use of his hand. The other was a much shorter article about a toddler being attacked in the street and suffered severe facial injuries. The former made national headlines with follow up articles and politicians demanding action to prevent a similar incident happening again while the latter is confined to history, no one is interested in reporting on how she is recovering. What is the difference? The former attack was by a wild fox ( vulpine vulpine ) and the latter by a domestic dog. Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has called on action to curb the number of foxes living in the city: a cull by any other name. But why not the same outcry and demands for culling pet dogs? The answer...