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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Britain's 'biggest ever fox' caught, killed
2011-01-04
[Emirates 24/7] A fox, believed to be the biggest ever found in Britain, was caught and killed after it apparently ate a family's pet cat.

The giant creature was twice the normal size of its species and weighed a massive 26.5 pounds.
That's a big ass fox...and a damn nice coat.
It was four feet long - which is the same height as an average seven-year-old child and approximately the size of a coyote, dingo or Iberian lynx.
Maybe the dingo ate your cat?
A moose bit my sister once.
The animal was caught on Boxing Day by veterinarian Keith Talbot, who had laid a trap with food, while he spent Christmas vacation at his parents' home in Maidstone, southern England.
Nobody's saying anything, but there are rumours deep-fried Twinkies involved.
The fox's capture raised fears the animals were getting larger and bolder, as they continue to have easy access to discarded food from suburban homes.
Couldn't have anything to do with outlawing hunting the beasts...
Can't use a gun, can't use a knife, can't use a slingshot, what am I supposed to hunt with in Britain, a spoon?
OUR DIRTY LOOKS ARE USELESS AGAINST THEM!!!
Talbot spoke about the suspected attack by the fox on the family's cat. "The cat was on the doormat when they [his parents] went to bed and heard some commotion. They saw a fox going up the drive later on that night, but didn't think anything of it. Later that morning, they came out and there was fur and bits of the cat everywhere," he said.

The veterinarian caught two foxes after setting the trap. Both animals were humanely destroyed.
Posted by:Fred

#17  "A moose bit my sister once."

Thank goodness it wasn't twice, tw - moose bites are nasty. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2011-01-04 19:11  

#16  Hey now, vegas and all that...but was it by a fox?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-01-04 17:25  

#15  A week ago yesterday I tied a rope to my ass and got dragged all over the back yard.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2011-01-04 15:25  

#14   A Møøse once bit my sister.

Thank you for the correction, Anonymoose. Yes, it did need to be written.

/Whee! Didja notice that Fred's copy/paste gets the ø thingy, even without my knowing the HTML to accomplish it?
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-01-04 14:45  

#13  A Møøse once bit my sister.

/had to be written.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-01-04 14:26  

#12  You've never lived until you've been groin bitten by a pony. :-(
Posted by: Besoeker   2011-01-04 13:15  

#11  
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2011-01-04 12:30  

#10  They still haven't gotten the Queen Fox, however.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-01-04 10:19  

#9  Can't use a gun, can't use a knife, can't use a slingshot, what am I supposed to hunt with in Britain, a spoon?

sporks...but don't run with 'em...you'll put your eye out
Posted by: Frank G   2011-01-04 09:49  

#8  Foxilla rulllz!
Posted by: twobyfour   2011-01-04 07:17  

#7  That's what happens when you ban fox hunting. There'll be one at 40 stone soon.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2011-01-04 07:11  

#6  I guess ROPers are not the only wild beasts that become bolder in Britain.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-01-04 07:00  

#5  Twenty six pounds is a mighty scrawny coyote.

But a terrific red fox.
Posted by: no mo uro   2011-01-04 05:55  

#4  Global Warming?
Posted by: Skidmark   2011-01-04 04:28  

#3  True...but, not just anymouse.
Posted by: anymouse   2011-01-04 01:24  

#2  Mind you, mouse bites can be pretti nasti.
Posted by: Pstanley   2011-01-04 01:05  

#1  A moose bit my sister once.

A mouse tried to eat the end of my finger once.
Posted by: gorb   2011-01-04 00:47  

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