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Friday, September 18, 2015

Friendly Fire Kills Fox?

The rat poison was not intended for this grey fox.

http://www.nps.gov/samo/blogs/Another-Victim-of-Rat-Poison.htm

However, if a fox eats a rat that ate the poison, the fox is dead too.

This fox was found dead but beautifully intact in the Agoura Hills northwest of Los Angeles.  It was not the victim of a predator or of an animal fight.

Most likely it was unintentionally poisoned by a homeowner in the area.

Think twice before you use arsenic-based bait to kill mice or rats in your home or garage.