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In Wilmington, North Carolina a family of red foxes were recently trapped and euthanized. They had not been any threat to live stock nor had they caused any property damage. The foxes were all healthy, and they were certainly not dangerous.
They were simply minding their own business and doing their best to survive in a world of shrinking resources.
The family had been living near the Waterfronte Villas and Yacht Club. Someone filed a complaint, and the HOA notified North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission about the family of foxes. A Damage Control agent was called out to investigate, but that move was to be the death sentence for this wildlife family; state law mandates the foxes could not be relocated, and instead they would have to be euthanized.
Neighbors stated the foxes had been around for the last few years, returning to have their families in the spring, but now development had been pushing wildlife out of the newly plowed forests and into the neighborhoods. Sadly, wildlife is paying the price of acres and acres of new housing and commercial strip malls.
According to the Damage Control agent, the foxes had to be euthanized because they could be carrying rabies, and if they were relocated and not showing symptoms they could be infecting other wildlife…