The Red Fox of Trail Wood #10

The Fox of Trail Wood

Teale’s Comments on the Red Fox
“ I turn away recalling the varying viewpoints of the past on this animal whose nocturnal adventures I have been following over my fields. John Burroughs referred to the fox variously as a “rogue” and a “villain” - reflecting the general outlook of his day. But Thoreau, at an even earlier time saw the fox in the modern concept - as an individual endowment of abilities, a unit in nature’s interlocking whole. He took animals as they are, not as “good” or “bad” or even as “little brothers“ as St. Francis of Assisi did but as fellow dwellers on the earth, to be observed and respected and understood.”
Writer’s note: Have you read Ernest Thompson Seton;s book, Wild Animal I Have Known? Read about the red fox - “Raggy-Lug” Teale appreciated his Trail Wood wildlife. We should do so.