Fox news! Moment two playful cubs steal newspaper from front doorstep as their mother ‘keeps watch’
- A pair of foxes stole Kate Fisher’s newspaper from her doorstep in East London
- She woke up confused where her paper was and checked video doorbell footage
- Video showed mischievous cubs playing with it before dragging it in the bushes
A pair of mischievous foxes got their daily dose of news by stealing a newspaper from a homeowner’s doorstep.
The two cunning fox cubs were caught in the act by a doorbell camera in East London as their mother watched on at the end of the path.
Waking up to find there was no newspaper on her doorstep Kate Fisher, the homeowner, checked the footage to find out where it had got to.
Two naughty fox cubs stole Kate Fisher’s newspaper from her doorstep in East London
Much to her surprise she saw the tiny cubs had been recorded in the early hours playing tug-of-war with the newspaper.
Their mother keeps an eye on them from afar and is on look out as the Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox-style heist takes place.
The foxes play with the paper and eventually drag it into the bushes in Ms Fisher’s front garden on April 24.
During the coronavirus lockdown, foxes have been taking advantage of the empty streets and upping their mischievous antics.
Ms Fisher checked her video doorbell to find out where her newspaper had disappeared to and was shocked to see the cubs had been playing with the newspaper that morning
In Dartford, Kent, an adult fox stole a Hermes parcel worth £120 of electrical goods from Martin Hind, 33, when it was delivered outside the gates of his business.
He too resorted to checking CCTV footage recorded overnight to find out where his package had gone and was shocked to see the cheeky animal pinching it at 1am.
Elsewhere, in Leeds, Yorkshire, Helen Greenwood set up a camera on her porch to find out who had stolen three lots of her eggs.
In the hilarious footage a cunning fox makes off with a box of 12 eggs which Ms Greenwood had delivered by the milkman.
The clever fox is seen on CCTV picking up the box of eggs from outside Helen Greenwood’s home in Leeds
A fox picks up Martin Hind’s parcel in its mouth before dragging it across the yard in Dartford, Kent