Chickens ‘gang up’ to kill intruder fox on French farm

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According to the farming school, hens will easily confront an animal that lacks vigour (File photo)

Chickens in a school farm in north-western France are believed to have grouped and killed a juvenile fox. The unusual incident in Brittany took place after the fox entered the coop with 3,000 hens through an automatic hatch door which closed immediately. “A whole mass of hens can arrive together and the fox may have panicked in the face of such a big number”, Mr Daniel told the regional newspaper Ouest France (in French).

Source: www.bbc.com