At the risk of being a humorless bitch-I do live in the boonies with the wildlife, and a fox is not a coyote, which are often a feral dog/coyote hybrid-not afraid of humans, and can be very dangerous-the guv could have been bitten if he had not shot the coyote. Foxes are not dangerous to humans unless they are rabid.
A fox is not a cougar/mountain lion, which avoids humans unless fed domestic pets by dumb people who leave their dogs and cats outside in cougar territory-think California... Cougars are protected, and are not put down unless they attack a human-last time it happened anywhere close was 10 year ago, nearly 100 miles from here on a bike trail in the hills.
Far from being humorless, you’re exhibiting one of the best aspects of Free Republic - knowledge sharing. Pick up a lot around here if one knows where to keep an ear out. Hell, when it comes to wildlife, I saw my first-ever non-zoo owl this week; that’s how city-fied I am.
No one said you were humorless. ;-)