There have been reports of foxes having attacked sheep still trapped in the snow in North Iceland after Sunday’s blizzard.
Search and rescue, who are working to free sheep stuck under up to 10 feet (3 meters) of snow, have found some animals wounded or dead after being attacked by foxes.
A state of emergency was declared in North Iceland following high winds and record snowfall for this time of year.
Thousands of sheep are still unaccounted for.
http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=29314&ew_0_a_id=393546
Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for this link
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Just out of curiosity I wonder how alpacas would have fared?
They are taller to begin with so might have done better overall
Yes indeed there is snow in iceland right now.
http://www.katla-volcano.co.uk/katla-webcam.php
This article makes it sound as though foxes are bad. Foxes are most likely, under the conditions cited, badly in need of food. The sheep are providing much needed nourishment for the foxes.
there are rabbits etc for the foxes,
but foxes prefer caged fowl or helpless prey.
the fox doesnt kill it just rips flesh from live helpless prey, and will do that to several rather then eat all of one. they will eat part of the helpless sheep giving birth and the emerging lambs head etc. ok theyr native to eu, as opposed to introduced in aus, but theyre still nasty bastards.
at least wolves kill ONE animal and share the food, they kill for need not fun. try walking into a paddock and finding 11 newborn lambs remnants and mothers rear ends torn apart , noses eaten off and theyre still alive and in agony..see if you think the fox is so nice then.