Remember that I do not get every dead fox (those that are seen) reported to me and that Bristol City Council under both Labour and Green Party have flatly refused to cooperate; the current death toll of foxes in Bristol stands at 292.
If I included reports with vague locations or just "I saw a dead fox driving through Bristol" along with vague dates then this total would exceed 300.
Badgers, again, no cooperation from local authority (they pick up dead animals so a quick message is not that great an inconvenience) and the public -even on wildlife groups in the City who know I record the deaths- rarely report. Number of known badger deaths in the City is 74.
The daeth toll in London of foxes I would prefer not to think about.
Still the deadliest spot for wildlife from deer, foxes, badgers etc and this will one day result in a human (driver) fatality is Hicks Gate. In 2024 a very large was hit by a car and killed but the driver did not stop or report the collision so the animal could have led there suffering for hours. Police estimate that by the size of the animal and the speed the car had been going at least £200-£300 worth of car damage must have been caused.
It needs to be mentioned that the very poor lighting in the Hicks Gate area has also resulted in two near collisions with people.
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