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Foxes have long been
night stalkers on British
streets. Here, they are
as likely to eat rats as Coyotes have been Raccoons in North
takeaway dinners. seen in New York America plunder
City, USA, for at leftover food from
least a century, household rubbish.
leaving their Studies show they
woodland homes are developing health
to scour city problems as a result.
parks for food.

Red kangaroos
are frequent visitors to
Australia’s capital, Canberra,
scavenging in parks and gardens
when food is scarce in the bush.

Herring gulls in the UK are flocking to coastal
and inland cities, gaining weight by feasting
on fatty foods such as fish and chips.

Virginia opossums, the only marsupials native
to North America, are learning to satisfy their big
appetites by scavenging on waste in city bins.

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