Table 10 Types of intrusion for the category fox or likely fox.

From: Investigating the effects of red fox management on poultry beyond the controversy, Jura Massif, France

Access

Method

Cat

n

%

To the fenced area around the henhouse

Digging a hole

A

13

20

Damaging the fence

A

3

4.6

Going over the fence

C

24

36.9

Passing under the fence

C

3

4.6

Going through the fence

C

10

15.4

Through an access left open

B

6

9.2

Entering without breaking

C

1

1.5

The chickens went out of the pen

D

5

7.7

Undetermined*

 

4

 
 

Total identified

 

65

100

To the henhouse

Digging a hole

A

2

4.8

Damaging part of the building

A

2

4.8

Through an access left open

B

22

52.4

Following a malfunction of the automatic locking system

B

4

9.5

Automatic (or manual) closing before the birds enter

B

12

28.6

Undetermined**

 

27

 
 

Total identified

 

42

100

  1. Cat, category: A, predation by breaking, B, predation due to human negligence, C, predation due to inadequate shelter, D, poultry outside the pen. * 3 unspecified predations and 1 predation in a farm without an outdoor enclosure, ** 19 predations during the day (= open building), 4 predations with chicken outside the pen and 4 predations at night but no details.