What do foxes do at night?

Authors

Peter Mawson
John Long

Keywords

Foxes, Behaviour, Predators, Sheep, Goats, Western Australia

First Page Number

142

Last Page Number

145

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

Foxes are often labelled as ruthless killers of lambs, kid goats and poultry. However, studies of the incidence of predation on lambs and kids have shown that foxes generally kill less than 3 per cent of lambs and 3 to 5 per cent of kids,

Are foxes, therefore, killers of lambs and kid goats, or just timid scavengers?

This article provides an insight into the behaviour of foxes in lambing and kidding paddocks at the Department of Agriculture's Avondale Research Station, Beverley, and near Moora, during 1987 and 1988.

Recommended Citation

Mawson, Peter and Long, John (1992) "What do foxes do at night?," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 33: No. 4, Article 4.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol33/iss4/4