Wild Kingdom

We have a family of red fox in the "forest" behind us. The pups have been coming up to our house and we believe eating our outiside cat (Penelope's) leftover food. (Which is now picked up nightly) Have you ever heard a fox cry, bark, whine, or whatever they are doing... it sounds just awful, like a small child is being tortured. I've learned when the fox are making their sounds they are after one of our cats that got out of the garage when Lindsey comes home late from work. So the fox screeeeeching wakes me up, I run downstairs, scare the fox away and rescue one of the cats. At first I didn't know what they were up to, but today I witnessed what they want. It was 5:30 am and I let Kirby out for the day, about 2 minutes later I saw the prey being hunted as the fox came bolting from the woods after the cat. Just like on T.V. but in my own yard! I ran outside and yelled, the fox ran off, and Kirby ran over to me, he had a tooth scrape mark on his neck that Lauren found on him later in the day. Hello stupid (Me) they want a meal! It was just horrible. In my minds eye all I could see was this fox running back to the woods with our boy in his mouth. I made Kirby stay in all day, that realllly makes him mad, but I did it for his own good. I called the DNR and she told me they should all be gone in a few weeks. I say...get a 22 and shoost them.

They really need to find a home where they are wanted...because our welcome mat has just been pulled from under their paws...