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Most Common Problems Caused By Foxes: Survey Results

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In 2012, the Channel 4 series ‘Foxes Live: Wild In The City’ conducted a survey throughout the running of the series.

The survey asked viewers a vast range of questions including what their most common issue or problem that they faced from the urban fox.

By the final episode of the series, approximately 10,000 people from around the UK took part and here are the results to that particular question:

Most Common Urban Fox Problems - Survey Results

Not surprisingly, foxes fouling was the biggest problem reported by the viewers. It’s an annoying problem and is caused because foxes use their excrement and urine as a way of marking their territory. I have written an article that goes into further detail on What Can Be Done To Stop Foxes Fouling?.

At number two is the loud noise foxes make. It can be taken as read that noise actually refers to the loud blood curdling screams that foxes are well-known to let out. Used as a way to communicate and during the mating season, the screams can be loud and very off putting. If you live in an urban area with a large fox population, this is a problem that will be familiar. While there is no product that can make a fox stop screaming, there are things you can do to keep foxes at a safe distance to minimise the impact of the noise. I have written about this in Why Do Foxes Scream & What Can I Do?.

Foxes digging up the garden is also another common complaint was third in the survey of fox problems. The main cause of digging is foxes simply looking for food. Annoying if you have just planted some new flowers, or the fox has dug up the remains of a dead pet. I have discussed this issue further in What To Do About Foxes Digging Up Your Garden.

There are no surprises really in this particular part of the survey, and although there are a variety of problems, the solution to deterring foxes from your property are similar whatever the problems they cause. Reading the advice in the articles I have linked to above should assist you greatly in keeping foxes away and solving these issues.

Other interesting facts and figures from the Foxes Live: Wild In The City survey were:

  • 86% of people who took the survey like foxes.
  • 70% of Londoners see a fox more than once per week.
  • Women like foxes more than men
  • Foxes are considered less of a garden pest than seagulls, cats, mice and rats