152047, the point of my reply was that I had stopped myself from making what may have been an emotive response and attempted to get an informed answer.

I have seen many foxes both in town and country. I have never seen one actually eat an animal - in the country they are generally shy, in town they are mostly nocturnal. So I wouldn't make any assumptions on that basis about what they eat.

Did you follow the link? It, apparently on the basis of referenced scientific study, suggests that London foxes do indeed eat rats, pigeons and other animals. I was actually surprised at how little of the urban diet is from scavenging.