Richard Lavelle,an 80-year-old man has trained foxes to stand up on their hind legs and beg for food, amazing animal behaviorists. He starts feeding the foxes five years ago, and now up to seven of them visit his garden each night so neighbors are happy for him to continue feeding the foxes, because they say it stops them digging up their gardens.
"A mother fox had some cubs on some allotments at the bottom of my neighbor's garden, so he started to offer them food,"he said."When the mother died, the cubs kept coming, and now I am seeing the second generation. The foxes stand upright on command and catch the scraps of meat he throws to them.
Nick Brown, of the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, said he had never heard of foxes being trained. However, the RSPCA has warned that they could become dependent on him.
"A mother fox had some cubs on some allotments at the bottom of my neighbor's garden, so he started to offer them food,"he said."When the mother died, the cubs kept coming, and now I am seeing the second generation. The foxes stand upright on command and catch the scraps of meat he throws to them.
Nick Brown, of the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, said he had never heard of foxes being trained. However, the RSPCA has warned that they could become dependent on him.
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