Since the summer, a couple from Belfortain from rue de la 5e Armored division is faced with intrusions from foxes. A whole family apparently. They come down from the neighboring Miotte forest. “Nothing stops them,” complains Monique Nanino.
“They go so far as to dig under the fence”
“We tried to reinforce the fence, to install systems that trigger flashes. They pass anyway. They go so far as to dig under the fence. Sometimes, when we come home, we see them in the courtyard. They're not even afraid of us. They look at us. Sometimes they are about a meter away from us. It's hellish. »
Three foxes in the yard
Mme Nanino had the fright of his life on Monday November 11 around 11 p.m., before going to bed. “I took Elioth, my Mexican Chihuahua, out to do his business,” she remembers, still trembling. “There were three foxes in the yard. They were making funny little cries. I thought they were going to attack me. But Elioth intervened. To his greatest misfortune. » The little dog aged 2 and a half years barked and growled but without frightening the foxes. Quite the contrary.
“I thought they had killed him”
One of them grabbed it, shook it like a wisp of straw before throwing it into the air. “I thought they had killed him,” says La Belfortaine. “I immediately took Elioth to the veterinarian on duty for treatment. He kept him and placed him for observation. » Tuesday, Monique Nanino picked up her chihuahua whose state of health remains worrying. On the sides, the fox bites are still visible. “Elioth has an infection,” explains his mistress. “It may be necessary to operate. For now, I have antibiotics to give him. “. The chihuahua has been fearful since his misadventure. “He trembles all over when a stranger crosses the threshold of his house and no longer feeds, for the moment. »
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Alerts since the summer
For Monique Nanino, this incident could have been avoided if all the services she contacted had tackled the problem head on. “They all told me there was nothing they could do,” she regrets. “They set a trap for me but obviously, on July 23, it was of no use. This time, I have an appointment with MP Ian Boucard. I hope he can do something. »
“We will no longer raise poultry”
It seems that the pins are attracted to the Belfortaine henhouse. “Tuesday evening, the foxes collected my last three chickens,” she emphasizes. “Since July, they have taken them one by one. Around thirty chickens, roosters and ducks. Everything happened there. Sometimes, we found their droppings or feathers in our garden. Now we understand. We will no longer raise poultry. That way, the foxes will go elsewhere. »
