I have a "have a heart trap" which I use to catch squirrels. I put peanut butter in it to catch them. This time I caught the fox!"
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Paul Richter, who lives on lower Blairstone, not immediately adjacent to any natural area, writes as follows:
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"Here is the whole story. I have a cage that is 5 feet
off the ground attached to the fence. This is where I
put it when I try and catch squirrels. There is a tin
can in the cage, so when I catch a squirrel or an
opossum I can hear it
banging around in the cage. So lying in bed I know
when I catch something. Usually when the dogs go
outside and see the squirrel in the cage, they bark
and the squirrel chirps back. One morning about a two
years ago the dogs went out and barked and this time
something barked back! When I went out to see what I
caught lo and behold it was a fox! I took the
pictures and then immediately brought it to the Kenneth Hahn
Park to release it. When I released it I let it go in
an area with high grass. I swear when I let it go it
ran off and two other tails popped up and ran along
side it as it ran away! That's my story. I have a "have a heart trap" which I use to catch squirrels. I put peanut butter in it to catch them. This time I caught the fox!"
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Lloyd and Elizabeth Dixon of Wrightcrest Dr report:
"We too had a fox in our backyard for a period of time
(no cage, just living there for several days). "
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GRAY FOX The section of "Biota of the Baldwin Hills" about mammals was written by James P. Dines, also of the Natural History Museum of L.A. County. He indicates that the Gray Fox is one of the small carnivores that flourish in the Baldwin Hills in the absence of a "top carnivore" (coyote in this case). Other small predators include wild cats and dogs (which should be eliminated), raccoons, skunks and opossums. Any mammals living in the Baldwin Hills must be able to adapt to nearby human activity. |