Child 'bitten by fox' at school in Brighton

**4me2** · 21st June 2010

Child 'bitten by fox' at school in Brighton

Page last updated at 08:12 GMT, Monday, 21 June 2010 09:12 UK

A child was taken to hospital after a report that he had been attacked by a fox in Brighton, police have said.
The three-year-old boy was bitten on the arm while attending a party at Dorothy Stringer High School at midday on Saturday.
It is believed the child, who has not been named, saw and stroked the tail of an animal which was sticking out from under a building when it turned on him.
Relatives took the boy to hospital where he was treated and released.
A spokesman for Sussex Police said officers were called by South East Coast Ambulance Service at 1230 BST after a report that a boy had been bitten by a fox.
Twins attacked The child was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
The incident comes a fortnight after nine-month-old twins Isabella and Lola Koupparis were attacked after a fox crept into their upstairs bedroom in Hackney, east London.
It is thought to have got in through a door on the ground floor of the three-storey house, which was left open because of the hot weather, while the children's parents watched television.
Both girls have since been discharged from hospital. The twins' four-year-old brother, Max, who was also sleeping upstairs, was not hurt.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/10363646.stm

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**crashtestmac** · 21st June 2010

DO you think this is all a rouse by the toffs to get fox hunting allowed again...?

**4me2** · 21st June 2010

Originally Posted by crashtestmac

DO you think this is all a rouse by the toffs to get fox hunting allowed again...?

I sure do.

**Owl** · 21st June 2010

It is believed the child, who has not been named, saw and stroked the tail of an animal which was sticking out from under a building when it turned on him.

So, this could be a cat or dog but the fox bandwagon is rolling so why not get on board. He saw the tail and stroked it (pulled it really) the 'fox' then bit him probably in self defence not really an attack.

**super mike** · 21st June 2010

Stop the presses: Townies realise foxes aren't all like the ones on children's TV!

Would be interesting to know whether the marks correspond with those of a fox, as if it was just the tail that was seen it could well have been a large ginger Maine Coon cat, or similar.