Fearless: Gerald McGivern captures the moment as the fox crouches on the bedroom window sill Perched with an air of menace on the window sill of an urban home, a fox waits.
Fortuneately in this case the bed was empty and the animal was shoed away. But the image shows just how brazen foxed have become in invading homes.
The fox was snapped after it had entered a Middlesex home through the French doors and come in the wake of the attack on twins Lola and Isabella Koupparis in East London on June 5.
Gerald McGivern was watching television at the Ruislip home of his daughter Aine Morrow when he caught sight of the skinny fox staring at him.
It darted upstairs and onto the window sill in Mrs Morrow's bedroom before it was eventually chased out through the front door.
Mr McGivern took the photo as proof of the episode, but did not tell his 31-year-old pregnant daughter until a few days later.
Mrs Morrow, who has a six-month-old son Shane, now shuts all windows and is too scared to leave any doors open as the fox still regularly prowls the area.
She said: 'It is any parent's worst nightmare. I was heavily pregnant at the time it was taken and it totally horrified me. My dad said the fox wasn't aggressive but he couldn't believe how brave it was. It didn't show any fear at all.
'Now I have had a baby and the French doors are never open, I dare not risk it. A few of my neighbours have said it's been in their houses trying to get into the kitchens
On the mend: Twins Isabella and Lola Koupparis are recovering from the dreadful injuries they suffered when a fox attacked them at their London homeAn RSPCA spokesman said there were believed to be around 33,000 adult urban foxes in cities across the UK that were generally seen as a 'minor nuisance'.
He said :'Some people suggest that relocating or destroying foxes that are present in one part of town is the answer. However, this will simply encourage other foxes to move in from other areas and take their place.'
"Therefore, this option is not only disproportionate to the problems the animals are alleged to commit but is also ineffective.
The most humane and long-term solution to discourage foxes is to remove or prevent access to what attracts them to the area, he added.
source: dailymail
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