what the fox going on?
zorro | 18.06.2010 00:37 | Animal Liberation | Ecology
from the bbc:
Cardiff schools keep pupils indoors after fox spotted
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east_wales/10343645.stm
Cardiff schools keep pupils indoors after fox spotted
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east_wales/10343645.stm
Pupils at two primary schools have been kept indoors at lunch-time after a fox was spotted in the playground.
The animal was spotted outside Cefn Onn Primary School, which shares a site with Ysgol Y Wern Primary School in Llanishen, Cardiff.
It followed an incident where twin babies in east London needed hospital treatment after being mauled by a rogue fox in their home.
Cardiff council said the children were kept in as a precaution.
The fox was first spotted on Monday when teachers at both schools were instructed to keep the children away from the playground at lunch-time.
The fox was spotted again before school began on Tuesday and the council sent its pest control team in to investigate.
A council spokeswoman said: "A fox was sighted in the school grounds earlier this week. The children were kept inside the school building as a precautionary measure.
"The schools acted in a routine way and in much the same way as they would have done had a dangerous dog been loose on the premises."
She said pest control officers had searched for a possible den for the fox and located signs of one underneath a temporary classroom on the site.
She added: "Investigations are ongoing but there is the possibility that the fox has left after being disturbed."
Neither school would comment directly on the incident.
The animal was spotted outside Cefn Onn Primary School, which shares a site with Ysgol Y Wern Primary School in Llanishen, Cardiff.
It followed an incident where twin babies in east London needed hospital treatment after being mauled by a rogue fox in their home.
Cardiff council said the children were kept in as a precaution.
The fox was first spotted on Monday when teachers at both schools were instructed to keep the children away from the playground at lunch-time.
The fox was spotted again before school began on Tuesday and the council sent its pest control team in to investigate.
A council spokeswoman said: "A fox was sighted in the school grounds earlier this week. The children were kept inside the school building as a precautionary measure.
"The schools acted in a routine way and in much the same way as they would have done had a dangerous dog been loose on the premises."
She said pest control officers had searched for a possible den for the fox and located signs of one underneath a temporary classroom on the site.
She added: "Investigations are ongoing but there is the possibility that the fox has left after being disturbed."
Neither school would comment directly on the incident.
zorro
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