Η ΜΑΥΡΗ ΑΛΕΠΟΥ που φωτογράφησε πριν από λίγες μέρες ο 58χρονος John Moore βρέθηκε νεκρή, χτυπημένη από αυτοκίνητο.
29-3-2012 Must have been an omen: Mysterious black fox
is KILLED by car just days after being spotted in countrysideThe rare creature was killed after it was hit by a car on a busy road in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, near to where it was first seen by John Moore, on Monday.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2122251/Black-fox-KILLED-car-just-days-spotted-Bassingbourn-countryside.html
Η μαύρη
αλεπού εξαφανίστηκε σαν είδος στη Βρετανία, λόγω ανελέητης θήρευσης για τη γούνα
του. Το 2008 στο Preston ο 48χρονος Kevin Hehir φωτογράφησε για πρώτη φορά μια ΜΑΥΡΗ ΑΛΕΠΟΥ (a black fox on the outskirts of Chorley, Lancashire)
18-9-2008 First British sighting of rare black fox captured on film
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1057765/First-British-sighting-rare-black-fox-captured-film.html
Το σπάνιο ζώο βρέθηκε νεκρό λίγες βδομάδες αργότερα από έλλειψη τροφής ή από δηλητηριώδες δόλωμα.
25-9-2008 'First' rare black fox spotted in
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1061711/First-rare-black-fox-spotted-Britain-dead-weeks-skulking-cemetery.html
Όταν ο Kevin Hehir εντόπισε τη μαύρη αλεπού, αρνήθηκε να δώσει
στοιχεία για το ακριβές μέρος που τη συνάντησε γιατί πίστευε ότι θα τη θανατώσουν,
ήδη ένας ταριχευτής του πρόσφερε £1,000
για να αποκαλύψει το μέρος όπου ζούσε το σπάνιο ζώο.19-9-2008 Rare black fox spotted by walker
Mr Hehir is loathe to reveal exactly where he saw the fox, as he is concerned for its welfare.
He has already had a call from a taxidermist, offering him £1,000 to tell him where it is.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/7624678.stm
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The unusual animal was found dead by the roadside after being hit by a car between Bassingbourn and Royston yesterday morning, and is today being transferred to Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge to be studied by an expert.
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήHelen McRobie, from the university's life sciences department, will be testing the animal to try to find the mutation which caused its unusual colouring.
She said: "The first thing to do is to take DNA samples from the fox and try to look for a specific mutation.
"I hope to find the genetic basis of the melanism by comparing this animal's DNA with that of a regular fox."
Video: Body of rare black fox to be studied by experts
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Black-fox-to-be-studied-by-experts-30032012.htm