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Residents of 8 Ebsworth St leaving meat out for foxes in street.
Reported in the Dumped rubbish category by Chris Beach at 14:51, Sun 30 November 2014
Sent to Lewisham 4 minutes later. FixMyStreet ref: 551917.
Plastic takeaway containers of food (often rotting meat) left out on an almost daily basis by the folk in 8 Ebsworth St to feed foxes, and have been doing so for years.
We have a major problem with foxes in the area, which defecate everywhere, scratch car bodywork and make a lot of noise at night. The council and RSPCA recommend against feeding foxes on the basis that it reduces their roaming range, interferes with their normal diet, and brings them into dangerous urban areas where 60% of them are killed by cars. Not to mention, foxes have also been known to kill cats. A study in Bristol found they kill 0.7% of the cat population (7 / 1000 pet cats will be killed by foxes every year).
I picked up one of containers of food and was accosted through an open window of 8 Ebsworth St. They then came out and threatened me. Luckily I caught it on camera:
Http://vimeo.com/102163695
Updates
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Still open, via questionnaire, 15:30, Sun 28 December 2014
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Still an issue. No response from the council yet.
Posted by Chris Beach at 15:30, Sun 28 December 2014
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Still open, via questionnaire, 16:01, Sun 25 January 2015
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This is still an issue. The council haven't communicated any response so far. It's been eight weeks since my first report on fixmystreet.
Posted by Chris Beach at 16:01, Sun 25 January 2015
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Still open, via questionnaire, 16:30, Sun 22 February 2015
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Still open, via questionnaire, 22:47, Sun 22 March 2015
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Still nothing from the council on this one
Posted by Chris Beach at 22:47, Sun 22 March 2015
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Still open, via questionnaire, 23:05, Sun 19 April 2015
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Lewisham Enforcement has visited resident and ask them not to put food out for foxes
State changed to: Fixed
Posted by Lewisham Borough Council at 08:55, Wed 29 July 2015
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Unfortunately the residents of 8 Ebsworth Street are still leaving food out for foxes. The attached photo was taken tonight (23rd sept 2015)
Posted by Chris at 21:59, Wed 23 September 2015
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Thank you for your report, this is now being investigated by Lewisham Enforcement
Posted by Lewisham Borough Council at 08:27, Thu 24 September 2015
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Another tin of dog left outside 8 Ebsworth Street this evening (3rd November). Frustrated to see they obviously have no respect for us or the council enforcement team.
State changed to: Open
Posted by Chris at 22:24, Tue 3 November 2015
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They're at it again. This photo was taken a few moments ago. Please could you do something, Lewisham council.
Posted by Chris Beach at 08:55, Fri 15 January 2016
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More meat left out in the road by the residents of 8 Ebsworth Street. Foxes all over it, making loads of noise. Very irritating. Clearly these people don't care about the council visits they've had, and they need more serious action to be taken by the council.
Posted by Chris Beach at 21:05, Thu 4 February 2016
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More meat left out in the street by #8 Ebsworth Street. Please do something about this. They've had two visits by the council already and they haven't taken heed.
Posted by Chris Beach at 23:35, Tue 9 February 2016
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They're still at it. Could someone from the council please provide an update on how they're tackling this antisocial behaviour.
Posted by Chris Beach at 21:58, Sun 8 May 2016
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Lewisham Enforcement will visit resident again and see whether any further action can be taken
State changed to: Fixed
Posted by Lewisham Borough Council at 13:43, Fri 24 March 2017
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More meat left out for foxes outside 8 Ebsworth St in the last few days. This couple seem not to care less about their behaviour or impact it has on their surrounding neighbours. This is anti social behaviour, please cal Lewisham Council reprimand these people for their continued disgusting behaviour.
Posted anonymously at 15:00, Fri 7 April 2017
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Reopening due to today's report. Reported also on https://se23.life/ t/ feeding-foxes-with-leftovers-again/ 4058
State changed to: Open
Posted by Chris Beach at 15:21, Fri 7 April 2017
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This matter has been passed to Lewisham Crime Reduction team to visit and see whether they can take any action
State changed to: Internal referral
Posted by Lewisham Borough Council at 16:09, Fri 2 June 2017
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Another load of dog food strewn over the road this evening (Monday 12th Feb).
State changed to: Open
Posted anonymously at 04:20, Tue 13 February 2018
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And again, Tues 13th Feb.
Posted anonymously at 21:12, Wed 14 February 2018
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And again, Thurs 15th Feb
Posted anonymously at 00:13, Fri 16 February 2018
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And again - 26th Feb 2018
Posted anonymously at 19:18, Mon 26 February 2018
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More dog food spread on the road. Foxes causing late night noise and other problems, as a direct result
Posted anonymously at 21:55, Sun 6 May 2018
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Old job closed off
State changed to: No further action
Posted by Lewisham Borough Council at 12:12, Sat 29 February 2020
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.