Fox Cub - Magpie Springs - Adelaide Hills Wine Region - Fleurieu Peninsula - South Australia Mug

Foxes while sweet to look at are an introduced species in Australia and pose a serious conservation problem!! Due to its rapid spread and ecological impact it has *classified as one of the most damaging invasive species in Australia*. Foxes are killing machines and a huge problem to native species and farm animals. A plethora of different species make this place home. Our vineyard dog gave chase to this cub. Keeping chickens is difficult with foxes about... despite efforts to fence them in we have lost our chooks more than once....these animals do not just kill for food but slaughter anything in their wake.. European red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) were introduced into Australia in the mid nineteenth century by colonial huntsmen...