The creation of a killer species: Cultural rupture in representations of 'urban foxes' in UK newspapers

Kate Stewart; Matthew  Cole

doi:10.4324/9781315731674

The creation of a killer species: Cultural rupture in representations of 'urban foxes' in UK newspapers

Kate Stewart, Matthew Cole

Sociology

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Abstract

At approximately 10:00 pm on 5th June, 2010, nine-month-old twins, Lola and Isabella Koupparis, were reported to have been attacked in their cots by a fox who had entered their family home in east London through an open ground-floor door before making her or his way upstairs and attacking the twins, resulting in arm and facial injuries requiring the twins’ hospitalization. Although the fox allegedly involved in the incident left the house without being captured, local environmental health officers laid traps in the rear garden of the house, and when a fox (who may or may not have been the same one reported in the twins’ bedroom) was captured by one the following night, she or he was killed by a ‘pest controller.’ The Metropolitan Police Service stated that traps would remain in the garden for some time (BBC News, 2010a).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Critical Animal and Media Studies
Subtitle of host publication	Communication for Nonhuman Animal Advocacy
Editors	Núria Almiron, Matthew Cole, Carrie P. Freeman
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	8
Pages	124-137
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315731674
ISBN (Print)	9780203797631
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315731674
Publication status	Published - 3 Nov 2015

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The creation of a killer species: Cultural rupture in representations of 'urban foxes' in UK newspapers. / Stewart, Kate; Cole, Matthew .

Critical Animal and Media Studies: Communication for Nonhuman Animal Advocacy. ed. / Núria Almiron; Matthew Cole; Carrie P. Freeman. Routledge, 2015. p. 124-137.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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