fox and cat

bigdave60dog · #11 (**permalink**) 13-12-2011, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Cotham Marble

Competitor predators are usually intollerant of one another, foxes are hardly ever tollerated by wolves and it would be interesting to know what the dynamic between fox and wild cat might once have been. The encounters between fox and domestic cat are of course entirely human mediated, particularly the frequency of encounter in urban areas where both the populations of cats and foxes are at levels that could never be sustained without human presence. In that sense we are probably looking at evolving behaviours on the part of both animals although the evolutionary pressures are far more strongly focussed on the fox rather than the cat.

CM

Foxes are probably one of the main limiting factors for the proliferation of Feral Cats in Mainland Britain.(Mammal Society Study) -The definition of "feral in this case is "A group of cats continuously living and breeding successfully with no support from Human beings." From my own observations, in Fox free areas the density of Feral cats appears to be higher. At least the cats are much more visible.
Dave

~T~ · #12 (**permalink**) 14-12-2011, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by The Woodman

Rooftops OP and image of the black cat and fox caused me to rummage thro' hundreds of pics and scan two.

Back in the early 80's my terrier carried out a one week old cub from an earth inside a rabbit fenced area. My forestry student at the time brought the dog fox up alongside his entire black tomcat.

The two animals would play for hours in the estate yard and the tom would get amorous with the the fox frequently!