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Democrat Staff Writer
Despite threats to its existence, the fox — without which there would be no pink coats or hunt balls — appears to be holding its own in the Hunt Country of Virginia.
The fox is not threatened or endangered at all,” says Rick Loving, a state game warden in Fauquier County. “It’s thriving in the county. ”
Foxes also appear to be thriving in Loudoun, Clarke and Rappahannock counties, according to game wardens there. The habitat and living conditions throughout the region are ideal for foxes.
“Having all this pasture in Fauquier there is excellent feeding for foxes,” Mr. Loving says. “The many old stone walls also provide great places for dens.”
The fox is an omnivorous anima. — it eats whatever is available. Its diet includes corn, berries, apples, acorns and grasses as well as small animals such as mice, rabbits, squirrels and woodchucks. It also eats grasshoppers, crickets, caterpillars, beetles and crayfish. All are abundant in the Hunt Country.
Foxhunt clubs are not the fox’s main enemy. Many clubs actually help the fox by
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