Foxes

If you love foxes this is the island to come to. The fox is not native here. They were introduced to produce furs, but when that fizzled the foxes remained. They are beautiful creatures, but man has spoiled them. The foxes here at the park are used to humans. Too used. The public has loved them so much that they have fed them to get them to come close enough to get good pictures. But...a fed fox is a dead fox. Because when the winter comes and the tourists don't come, a fox used to taking scraps, will starve. So feeding wild animals is not a good idea.

That being said, red foxes are fun to photograph. There are two color variations that I have seen around here. One is more of the traditional color of red. The other is what is called, a silver fox; black with silver or grayish hair on its flanks. (You can click on the picture and bolw it up to see it better)