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Twin baby girls have been hospitalised following a fox attack

Twin babies attacked by fox

Twin baby girls have been hospitalised following a fox attack...

Twin baby girls from East London were rushed to hospital with facial and arm injuries following a fox attack.

The nine-month-old twins Isabella and Lola Koupparis were asleep in their bedroom when a fox crept in through an open back door and up to their bedroom where it attacked the sleeping babies.

When they heard their babies crying their parents, Nick and Pauline Koupparis chased the fox away and called an ambulance. 


The babies were rushed to the Royal London Hospital where they were described as 'serious, but stable'.

Environmental health officers from the council have left traps to catch the fox in case it hurts any more children. A fox was caught in one earlier today and was humanely destroyed. Though, experts do not know if it was the fox which attacked the babies.


The RSPCA said fox attacks on humans in the UK were extremely rare. 


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  • ows281198 (Age 13) wrote on Monday, 7 June 2010 @ 14:42

    nasty

  • Mirri04 (Age 13) wrote on Monday, 7 June 2010 @ 18:18

    This is quite a difficult article to take sides on,because I ADORE foxes,but I also think it was very sad for those little twins.

  • thumper (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 7 June 2010 @ 18:30

    I thought the pearents were suposed to keep the babies safe not let a fox attack them but at least there ok

  • Polesworth (Age 14) wrote on Monday, 7 June 2010 @ 19:29

    Horrible

  • pinkfairy (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 8 June 2010 @ 13:33

    they shouldnt of left the backdoor open

  • bumblebee1 (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 9 June 2010 @ 07:56

    i agree with mirrio4 nasty

  • Sogz (Age 14) wrote on Wednesday, 9 June 2010 @ 20:14

    sad 4 the twins but also poor fox

  • Ronr2000 (Age 11) wrote on Thursday, 10 June 2010 @ 08:24

    i love foxes mainly because there sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cuuuuuttteee`!!! And because my sur name is fox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • imster99 (Age 13) wrote on Thursday, 10 June 2010 @ 17:14

    i think the traps are good. it is distressing and horrible 2 hear about these poor, poor babies. I was told that one of them is going 2 have a disfigured face for life.

  • katesmates (Age 13) wrote on Thursday, 10 June 2010 @ 17:20

    i don't like foxs any more thats just mean. Poor poor twins hope they get better soon!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • vampire (Age 10) wrote on Friday, 11 June 2010 @ 16:29

    i agree with thumper

  • vampire (Age 10) wrote on Monday, 6 September 2010 @ 17:21

    the parants should of been on lookout for the fox and thier twins

  • 09AhmedA (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 12 October 2010 @ 17:00

    It was a shame about the children but they didnt have to kill the fox thats just cruel to animals

  • bumble123 (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 15 October 2010 @ 07:34

    awful I think they should keep foxes out of the city. So they won't get killed

  • redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Thursday, 21 October 2010 @ 17:18

    It's a terrible thing that happened, but still, it doesn't mean foxes are all bad. It's down to the parents really for leaving the back door open!

  • PeaceLove (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 22 October 2010 @ 13:14

    I feel so sorry for the girls. Foxes can be really dangerous!

  • LionLover (Age 11) wrote on Thursday, 28 October 2010 @ 08:32

    I love foxes! It is cruel to trap them but if they've done something like that...

  • PeaceLove (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 31 October 2010 @ 18:25

    It isn't the parents fault I don't think. Apparently they left the door open because it was really hot that day and that makes sense because this incident was in the spring or summer. :)

  • redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Thursday, 4 November 2010 @ 16:19

    I still think they shouldn't leave the door open! That's what windows are for and I think it mostly is the parent's fault. Still, not completely their fault.

  • neelam101 (Age 14) wrote on Friday, 5 November 2010 @ 18:13

    ... and this was the story of the 2 little twins and the big bad fox!

  • Nordica (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 6 November 2010 @ 08:37

    I like foxs but they can be nasty Afox bit my cats ear one and in the morning it was bleeding quite badly but now his fine and a fox has gone for them twin get better soon,hop[efully nobody else will leave there door open in the night !!!

  • Jadgers (Age 17) wrote on Tuesday, 9 November 2010 @ 17:11

    this is melancholy. :(

  • Godwin (Age 10) wrote on Wednesday, 10 November 2010 @ 11:31

    I know that what the fox did was bad but the fox still had a right to live.Some people believe that foxes are dangerous but we all know that some foxes can be tame.

  • SuperSuze (Age 13) wrote on Friday, 12 November 2010 @ 17:38

    Foxes are wild animals, they act on instinct and it's not their fault. I speak as a vegetarian and animal lover.

  • Abzie (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 15 November 2010 @ 20:22

    I do not think it is the parents fault- Im sure on a hot day you have had the door open- it never said it was in the night. Also, you dont expect a fox to come in your house so I dont think they should have looked out for it. It is the foxes fault and nobody elses. The fox should be killed i mean, they cant put the fox in jail and what else can they do? It is wrong to blame the parents and feel sorry for the fox. If a fox attacked you would you feel sorry for it? I dont think so.

  • yoyoparrot (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 @ 13:41

    those babys are very very unfortunate. that was like a 1 in a 1,000,000,000 chance of being attacked. i love foxes, they killed a fox, i would understand if it was definatly the one that attacked but they didn't confirm it, now that's just cruel.

  • rockpurple (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 1 December 2010 @ 19:24

    it was a really nasty thing to happen to the babies and the fox looked really scary

  • Busayo2000 (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 2 December 2010 @ 20:45

    OMG THOSE POOR BABIES :`(

  • tattyted (Age 10) wrote on Friday, 3 December 2010 @ 13:01

    The parents should of been more responsible! Foxes do get scared easily.

  • mooseylucy (Age 9) wrote on Saturday, 11 December 2010 @ 18:05

    I think it's all the parents fault really and I do feal sorry for those twins but I don't think they should of done that cruel thing to the fox becuase he didn't kill the twins so why should they kill him?

  • melanie719 (Age 7) wrote on Tuesday, 21 December 2010 @ 12:32

    I hate foxes.

  • cam4000 (Age 8) wrote on Sunday, 2 January 2011 @ 20:00

    I would smack it away, I am a person who gets angry when foxes attack such small children. I think it is right for them to be killed. Do not let them off.

  • Hajra444 (Age 9) wrote on Monday, 3 January 2011 @ 18:58

    I agree with Mirri04

  • loren_m_ (Age 13) wrote on Wednesday, 5 January 2011 @ 14:38

    i am a vegetarian, and am all for animal rights but if a fox nearly killed 2 babies for a meal is just wrong and he deserves to rott in hell!!!! :@

  • Steph22 (Age 13) wrote on Thursday, 6 January 2011 @ 19:20

    poor twins. i hate foxes because they killed my bunnies :(

  • Steph22 (Age 13) wrote on Thursday, 6 January 2011 @ 19:22

    a fox attacked my cousin and it was the same but not as serious luckily.

  • sarahsun1 (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 8 January 2011 @ 09:46

    I agree with redhorse10 and lionlover.It was very unlucky and I hope they get better soon but that still does not mean that they had to kill the foxes especially as it might not have been the right one; that's just cruel. :(

  • GigglyGirl (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 25 January 2011 @ 19:07

    I hope they get better soon. Yeah sarahsun1, I agree with you. It would be so unfair to kill foxes even if something like that did happen. That's just being cruel to animals. :-)

  • Ellsybub (Age 10) wrote on Friday, 28 January 2011 @ 20:11

    makes me shake

  • mabli (Age 9) wrote on Monday, 7 February 2011 @ 13:23

    I am a twin.

  • Redpuffle (Age 9) wrote on Tuesday, 8 February 2011 @ 16:55

    they are so cute

  • SuperSuze (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 12 February 2011 @ 08:51

    Humanely destroyed? There's no such thing as humanely destroyed. And what if it was a different fox?

  • SillyJess (Age 9) wrote on Friday, 18 February 2011 @ 16:55

    I think that fox's are loveley animals but it is sad about the babies. But everyone and everything has it place in the universe!

  • pearl (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 18 February 2011 @ 20:20

    That article was just heartbreaking!!! Poor Lola & Isabella!

  • cinderella (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 19 February 2011 @ 09:44

    I do think that it was very nasty that the fox hurt the 2 babies but why set traps down for the fox. It might have only been young. Anyway the parents should be more aware of their babies!!!!!!!!!

  • purplepony (Age 9) wrote on Sunday, 20 February 2011 @ 08:42

    Poor twins!Cruel fox!Once one stole my boot.I can't bear to think of this happen to the twins.Why would the fox do this? The parents are NOT to blame at all.Everyone leaves their door open at summer and there were no warnings and nobody expexts a fox to go in. So,it is not the parent's fault!!!

  • 2117 (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 23 February 2011 @ 20:03

    terrible :'(

  • cinderella (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 26 February 2011 @ 13:16

    Lets just hope this will never happen again!!!

  • bookgirl9 (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 11 March 2011 @ 17:41

    WHAT ON EARTH?!! Foxes are sweet!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • lizalaura (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 12 March 2011 @ 08:52

    naughty fox por twins

  • Mop (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 21 March 2011 @ 20:19

    I like foxes but i wish there was a way to stop them doing things like that

  • dannydan65 (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 26 March 2011 @ 09:12

    Foxes are my favourite animals because they got me an A+ in my essay when i was writin bout them

  • holx521 (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 4 April 2011 @ 21:12

    My gran told me about this, I was very shocked and I think that I won't keep doors open in Summer as there are lots of foxes in my area. If I am hot I will just turn on a fan. I feel sorry for the two children as they will probably hate all foxes now and for the parents as they will have to be extra careful and they are probably really freaked out.

  • holx521 (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 4 April 2011 @ 21:13

    My gran told me about this, I was very shocked and I think that I won't keep doors open in Summer as there are lots of foxes in my area. If I am hot I will just turn on a fan. I feel sorry for the two children as they will probably hate all foxes now and for the parents as they will have to be extra careful and they are probably really freaked out.

  • CandyEllz (Age 11) wrote on Wednesday, 6 April 2011 @ 18:32

    I'm not sure what to say. Like Mirri, I love foxes but I am very sad for the twins :(

  • tiffy123 (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 10 April 2011 @ 20:47

    Poor Twins!!

  • redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Thursday, 21 April 2011 @ 11:56

    I will admit that they could have the door open on a hot day, but wouldn't you think the parents would SEE the fox coming in? I mean, how hard is it to spot a fox?

  • samz (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 23 April 2011 @ 18:31

    they should of not let the door open but it's still sad :-(

  • blue1964 (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 26 April 2011 @ 11:29

    i think that is terrible not normal

  • cam4000 (Age 8) wrote on Tuesday, 26 April 2011 @ 17:58

    I disagree with mooseylucy

  • dancecrazy (Age 15) wrote on Sunday, 1 May 2011 @ 12:29

    thats really sad but the door shouldn't have been left open

  • harbru (Age 11) wrote on Tuesday, 3 May 2011 @ 17:29

    I agree with dancecrazy

  • Dollyhi (Age 13) wrote on Thursday, 5 May 2011 @ 15:01

    Poor babies

  • dancecrazy (Age 15) wrote on Thursday, 5 May 2011 @ 20:03

    If it was me and i had really young children, then i would definitely not leave the door open. Or i would at least keep an eye on my children x

  • RainbowRae (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 8 May 2011 @ 15:53

    i feel sorry 4 the twins

  • Es93491 (Age 14) wrote on Wednesday, 11 May 2011 @ 14:47

    you could say that you feel sorry for the twins but in the artical it says that they dont even know if it was the fox who atacted them??? :/ x

  • millihenry (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 13 May 2011 @ 17:30

    foxes are cut but not if they kill or hurt little people or even big people

  • chlojo123 (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 17 May 2011 @ 11:28

    i feel so sorry 4 the twins

  • honeyjake (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 20 May 2011 @ 21:27

    hang on everyone, remember its the fox's instinct it eats meat. And the parents should have been regularly checking the door and their children. It may have not been the right fox so an innocent animal may have been killed, do you really want to say its good that it was 'humanly' killed. Just like rats in traps. How would you like it if your dog got angry and bit someone,then it was put down. Yes it is sad for the twins they will be scared for life but they're not dead like the poor fox. And if it was young then you've killed a young fox and just got two young hurt babies.

  • cam4000 (Age 8) wrote on Monday, 23 May 2011 @ 19:08

    POOR THINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Jake12 (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 25 May 2011 @ 21:10

    bad partents!

  • Katie1 (Age 10) wrote on Monday, 30 May 2011 @ 10:47

    curse i thought i could trust foxes!!!!!!!

  • livs10 (Age 10) wrote on Wednesday, 1 June 2011 @ 02:46

    well why was the back door left open?!? but i do feel for the children coz it wasn't thier fault and especially because now the experience will stay with them forever

  • amberlily (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 1 June 2011 @ 21:39

    poor babies but bad fox! i absolutly LOVE animals but not when they are cruel!

  • redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Wednesday, 8 June 2011 @ 16:58

    It's not the fault of the fox! It's a natural instinct of a fox and the parents should have seen the fox coming in. How hard is it to spot a FOX for goodness' sake! :)

  • Blossom585 (Age 11) wrote on Thursday, 9 June 2011 @ 18:56

    Naughty fox!

  • sweetpea (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 27 June 2011 @ 19:41

    I think that foxes are very pesky, but I agree with redhorse.

  • Phizzy (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 1 July 2011 @ 14:04

    I feel sorry for the fox that got killed personally. The back door was open, not the fox's fault.

  • LethalCorn (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 3 July 2011 @ 14:08

    what we really need is fox protection for houses and rabbit hutches, and if that doesn't work, well, what will. Foxes are used to people now, so I think we should start taking some serious actions

  • Crystal- (Age 13) wrote on Monday, 4 July 2011 @ 18:49

    The fox shouldn't have died.

  • muchlove (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 4 July 2011 @ 21:19

    very sad i hate foxes though there ok but i dont really like them anyway so soz lil twins

  • Honor (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 11 July 2011 @ 20:53

    yeah i dont mind foxes but the y stink!!!

  • Honor (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 11 July 2011 @ 20:54

    do u like foxes?

  • MINKLEMO (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 16 July 2011 @ 13:05

    I agree with honeyjake because 1 they shouldn't really of left the door open and 2. It is foxes instinct to get food. Some people kill foxes to eat them or just for the joy of it. I think that we are a bit liuke hypocrytes :( It is sad though, that that happened

  • bubbly223 (Age 11) wrote on Thursday, 21 July 2011 @ 15:29

    very sad but thats what they get for leaving the back door open POOR BABIES

  • IndigoWolf (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 22 July 2011 @ 15:40

    Yes, that fox shouldn't of harmed those babies, but did they have to 'humanly' kill a fox that's probably innocent?

  • nixx7 (Age 8) wrote on Sunday, 31 July 2011 @ 16:31

    i think it was mean of the fox to fight the baby's but they didn't need to kill an innocent if they carry on with there traps all the fox's in the world will be extinct poor fox and poor twins

  • Frankie500 (Age 15) wrote on Friday, 5 August 2011 @ 19:42

    This is going to sound mean but i hate foxes, atleast a year ago if i even sore a picture of a fox i would cry, i'm terrified of them. I think i'm more worried that they are going to eat my chickens more that anything but i think oganisation like the RSPCA should do something about the growing number in the amout of foxes living in the city. I believe that sometimes if a fox from a city has been released after being taken to a animals shelter they are relaested into the coutryside but they don't live fixe mins as its not there home realy! i wish the twins have a speedy recovery!!!x

  • bethtopsy (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 6 August 2011 @ 13:13

    Poor twins hope they get better soon. But no wonder that the goverment is always saying this is going extinct but really its them who are killing all these poor animals.If people are killing animals for killing people then people are in the wrong to for killing the animals so the animals kill the people for killing the animals that how it works.

  • serperior (Age 9) wrote on Wednesday, 10 August 2011 @ 10:56

    my fav anamail is a fox parents falit

  • edenboots (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 27 August 2011 @ 18:56

    i remember that on the news! sad

  • Searose19 (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 9 September 2011 @ 19:16

    ITS NOT THE FOXES OR THE PARENTS FAULT!!! The fox was only hungry it wanted food we kill animals and we're ok with foxes killing animals so why is it so wrong for a fox to do this? I know what some people think and I AM REALLY SORRY FOR THE TWINS AND PARENTS but what did the fox do wrong? It wanted foo so it tried to get food. Its realy sad but its not the fox's fault. Also the parents are right to leave door open but they should have kept a closer eye on the babies. I thought parents watched their babies like hell but probably not when their asleep though I suppose. If the parents were asleep then why was the door open just use a window? If it was day ok for door to be open but wouldn't you see/hear a fox going through your house? I still think its no-one's fault but its mean to kill any fox just because one did something wrong. Sorry for babies and parents and fox!

  • redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Friday, 16 September 2011 @ 12:08

    Okay listen, it's not like the fox actually KILLED the twins is it? And it's really hypocritical to say that foxes should be destroyed or anything like that because I'm sure most of you people have pets! How would you like to have a dog or cat put down? It's the same as having a fox killed - and it would have been an INNOCENT fox; there's no way it could have been the same fox killed. As I have said above, for goodness' sake how hard is it to spot a fox coming into the house?! :P

  • avrovulcan (Age 10) wrote on Saturday, 17 September 2011 @ 10:21

    poor people

  • millieboo (Age 10) wrote on Friday, 21 October 2011 @ 16:09

    Ouch.

  • ttt54321 (Age 11) wrote on Tuesday, 25 October 2011 @ 16:21

    must have hurt but why leave the door open, they could have just used a baby monitor.

  • DoggyWoggy (Age 9) wrote on Saturday, 5 November 2011 @ 20:23

    I can't beleive it. So sad. I'm a twin too. Why leave the door open though. xx

  • lipgloss98 (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 8 November 2011 @ 12:18

    They are rare, the attacks, but it only attacked because it was hungry, it was probably driven out of its natural habitat

  • zaper (Age 10) wrote on Friday, 11 November 2011 @ 18:50

    There so lucky that there OK.

  • EcoBittern (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 14 November 2011 @ 17:18

    Foxes are my favorite animals!!!!! At my primary school, all the kids in my class used to go 'I hate foxes! They eat babies!' The fox that attacked the babies was almost certainly a Urban (town) fox. In London, there are lots of foxes, and it is very hard to come by food to feed them all. I predict that the fox found the house,went in to look for food, and found the babies instead. But at least the fox captured was killed humanely... :(

  • cutiepie12 (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 14 November 2011 @ 20:08

    The parents shouldn't have let the door open but they shouldn't be laying traps down because they will end up killing more foxes than they should. The fox didn't understand and so I think it was an accident although you shouldn't leave yout back door open at night as things like this will happen.

  • redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Tuesday, 15 November 2011 @ 19:09

    Although this was bad, you cannot say that the fox was not at fault because it was as well. It shouldn't have been there and it asked for what it got unfortunately. :(

  • pumkin (Age 10) wrote on Monday, 5 December 2011 @ 15:51

    So sorry for the babies but how did the parents know there would be a fox strolling around. I like foxes and who doesn't leave their door open in the middle of summer when its boiling hot. 2 wrongs don't make a right . The fox deserved to live but so did the babies .

  • pumkin (Age 10) wrote on Monday, 5 December 2011 @ 16:01

    So sorry for the babies. How did the parents know there would be a fox strolling around? Also who doesn't leave their door open in the middle of summer? 2 wrongs don't make a right, the fox and the babies deserved to live .

  • DahCheese (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 8 December 2011 @ 14:49

    it was nobodys fault, foxes do not stop killing a rabbit in the wild, a baby is like a peice of prey to them, their instinct is more powerful than you think, they do not care if it is a baby or not, to them its food, also, i am against killing animals but, it happens everyday. in the artic, artic foxes are being killed, shot, trapped in cages, Also foxes usually are alone they have a 4 out of 5 chance out of catching the right fox, also, before the fox was killed they would have checked DNA from the scars of the babies then check with the foxes before killing it,

  • sunbeam (Age 9) wrote on Monday, 12 December 2011 @ 16:35

    we have chicken so i don't like foxs p.sorry foxs out there

  • Al-Fayad (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 30 December 2011 @ 18:11

    Cool story

  • Hydrogen (Age 13) wrote on Friday, 20 January 2012 @ 11:58

    I feel very sorry for the parents and babies! I really hope they are OK.

  • LethalCorn (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 26 January 2012 @ 16:50

    I actually agree with Frankie500 because I had a rabbit, it was only 10 months old when I woke up and found a pile of fur, so I now have a life long hate of foxes.

  • cuthj01220 (Age 10) wrote on Monday, 30 January 2012 @ 17:22

    I have my own dog and his playful bites hurt I can't and don't want want to know what an aggressive bite is like.

  • Sam121 (Age 7) wrote on Wednesday, 8 February 2012 @ 18:26

    Poor babies!Once I saw a fox in my cousins back garden, it came to us!!!! But I hop[e their OK! I hate foxes, their terrible!!!

  • Sam121 (Age 7) wrote on Wednesday, 8 February 2012 @ 18:28

    I even emailed my mum about this!!!! CRUEL FOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • bizzy4100 (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 17 February 2012 @ 23:05

    That is HORRIBLE! IT is really good to know that those two little baby girls were OK. I feel so sorry for them! The parents should have been more careful though. If they were leaving the back door open, then they should have stayed with the babies to make sure they were safe. Or, they should have put the babies in another room. I agree with redhorse, it can't be that hard to spot a great big fox in your house, can it? And it wasn't the foxes fault!!! It is TERRIBLE that a random fox was killed. It was probably just an innocent animal. What if it had babies? They would die too, all by themselves.

  • bettster (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 2 March 2012 @ 16:50

    Nasty. So sad

  • CrazyCoco (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 5 March 2012 @ 20:50

    Sorry, but I take sides with the fox. They're wild animals... It's not like murder or anything plus it's their nature, almost. Not to attack babies but just to act like that, you know? Xxx

  • Sam121 (Age 7) wrote on Tuesday, 6 March 2012 @ 19:19

    But CrazyCoco,the babies have a shorter lifetime,so that's really sad because the don't get to experience life,they only experienced being a baby!

  • shaymin123 (Age 11) wrote on Thursday, 15 March 2012 @ 16:13

    This is very sad and suprizing. Especially i because i love foxes

  • shaymin123 (Age 11) wrote on Thursday, 15 March 2012 @ 16:21

    I disagree with ecobitter person. It is the foxes instincs. Its the parents fault. But if a human kills or hurts a fox the human doesnt get killed. So why should the fox die?

  • sucess (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 16 March 2012 @ 20:36

    that is awful + i always see foxes in my backgarden . AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH,FOX IS GONNA EAT MY FLESH:( ):

  • sucess (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 16 March 2012 @ 20:37

    that is awful + i always see foxes in my backgarden . AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH,FOX IS GONNA EAT MY FLESH:( ):

  • weegeefan2 (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 17 March 2012 @ 09:28

    I agree with Shaymin123. Foxes shouldn't be killed. same as we should't. its no different. its just plain evil. it was obviously a different fox so its us murdering innocent animals. I know its bad to have your face ripped off when your 9 months old but you cant just blame all foxes. Anyway its so rare for an attack by a fox, no one can jump to conclusions!

  • Debategirl (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 18 March 2012 @ 08:19

    They shouldn't have killed the fox.

  • mabli (Age 9) wrote on Saturday, 24 March 2012 @ 11:04

    I am a twin and hope they are all right.

  • fluffandme (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 31 March 2012 @ 14:59

    humans are animals as well if a fox killed a chicken you would go poor chicken oh well fox kills highly evolved ANIMAL you go fox hunt. laws were passed against hunts on horses with dogs going after foxes. how long was that fox waiting to be killed and what does humanely killed mean

  • Ruby6901 (Age 11) wrote on Tuesday, 3 April 2012 @ 14:49

    Its there parents faulght Foxes are so Adorable and have done nothing wrong !!

  • bongdalucy (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 5 April 2012 @ 17:27

    That is harsh, and ruby, foxes are not adorable, they are vermin

  • roxiechic (Age 10) wrote on Friday, 6 April 2012 @ 20:56

    that is just horrible. i can't believe a creature would even want to attack the poor twins. What have they done??? The poor parents must be blaming themselves, but they shouldn't, the fox is solely to blame.

  • torchbear (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 9 April 2012 @ 08:21

    This is awful but this happened to the twin babies and the parents will feel regret and be annoyed with themselves as they will blame them. dogs have also been known to attack humans. Foxes don't know any better if it is food they'll eat it they live in the wild do not blame the foxes!

  • EcoBittern (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 9 April 2012 @ 13:18

    And it turns out the family had actuallly been feeding the fox!

  • Beans4u (Age 9) wrote on Monday, 9 April 2012 @ 17:40

    poor baby i would not like toget atacked by a fox i hate foxes there cruel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • peep45677 (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 9 April 2012 @ 18:17

    that is really sad poor girls

  • emiebabe22 (Age 11) wrote on Wednesday, 11 April 2012 @ 15:11

    Sorry to hear such terrible news. xxxxx Did the babies die? x

  • girlonfire (Age 10) wrote on Sunday, 15 April 2012 @ 12:41

    I hope the babies were all right!I still think it was the parents fault that this happened

  • roxiechic (Age 10) wrote on Sunday, 15 April 2012 @ 18:32

    ecobittern wow!!! Why would the fox attack babies if they had been feeding the fox??

  • vicky864 (Age 10) wrote on Monday, 16 April 2012 @ 16:48

    OK its not nice for 9 month yr old babies to be attack but fox attacks are the article said so that fox they put down was unfair because you could not be sure if that was the fox that attacked the babies

  • vicky864 (Age 10) wrote on Monday, 16 April 2012 @ 16:49

    they did not feed the box roxiechic

  • dawn123145 (Age 10) wrote on Sunday, 22 April 2012 @ 11:14

    They shouldn't have left the backdoor open.......And why did they kill an innocent fox (I think)

  • Warriorcat (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 24 April 2012 @ 17:32

    I agree with dawn123145 because foxes are rarer than humans and also better x

  • footiegirl (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 28 April 2012 @ 10:37

    It is absolutely horrible for the two girls. but I agree with everyone else they shouldn't have left the back door open! Otherwise none of that would of happened!!

  • anchorman (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 28 April 2012 @ 12:34

    poor twins - but foxes are sometimes cute but now i dont like foxes...hope the twins get better soon

  • mufc (Age 11) wrote on Thursday, 10 May 2012 @ 17:37

    I hate foxes. vile creatures!

  • PurpleMist (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 12 May 2012 @ 21:17

    That's horrific!! Poor twins :(

  • weymadz369 (Age 10) wrote on Sunday, 13 May 2012 @ 14:27

    why kill the fox and why leave the backdoor open?