We should not be surprised that foxes may become more visible in suburban or inner city areas where food sources elsewhere are becoming scarce and I know of many people who put out food scraps for them.

The number of incidents of alleged fox attacks are far, far outweighed by hundreds against the number of factually established cases of unsuitable family dogs who maul their owners or their children.

Should we call for a national cull on all dogs "just in case"?

Panorama's "The Fox Attack Twins" is a BBC One special. Made by... Leopard Films.

Nothing unusual in the BBC utilising a private company to make a film perhaps?

Nick Koupparis, the father of the twins allegedly attacked by a fox, is head of finance at Leopard Films.

How fortunate the BBC had a film production company close to hand and didn't have to incur an extra burden on the licence-payer by actually looking for a production company, independent of this story.

My further cynicism (can you imagine) whilst all this hysteria is generated demonising foxes?

Is it only me that it is ringing alarm bells with, that the current jobshare at Downing Street involves yet another upper-class Tory who supports the repeal of the fox-hunting bill?

Though how a bunch of buffoons clad in fancy dress charging around the countryside tooting their horns in the hope of seeing a heavily outnumbered fox ripped to bits by starved hounds is going to prevent a cheeky fox from entering someone's garden escapes me.

Craig Dunain, Kingbrude Gardens, Muirtown, Inverness.

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