We haven’t seen wild foxes here the last few years, but they now seem to be back again; we found a dead one on the road just below our house a couple of days ago, obviously hit by a car.
This evening two foxes walked in through the gate just before it was getting dark, they were extremely playful, a bit nervous, but also very curious, and they emptied the dish we use to feed the birds and drank from the bird bath. They didn’t stay in one place for very long, but I had the camera nearby and managed to get some shots before it was too dark. As you can see, they came right up to our terrace, less than one meter from me.
Although it is great fun to watch them at such a short distance, I don’t know if I am entirely happy to have them this close. Greece has been free from rabies since 1987, but since October/November 2012, the status has changed, and until now, 24 animals have been diagnosed with rabies in northern Greece, 20 foxes, three dogs and a cat. None in Halkidiki, so far, but many in the Kilkis area, and just outside Thessaloniki, and north of here - in Serres. Of all zoonotic diseases, rabies is the one I fear the most.