Video has emerged showing an injured vixen taking shelter underneath the dining table of a London restaurant.
The footage was taken in Tibits, a vegetarian restaurant in central London.
A waitress offered the vixen, which appeared to be nursing a broken hind leg, grapes and a bowl of water; but it soon became scared and dashed off down a busy Regent Street.
The Evening Standard reports that a second fox, which also appeared to be hurt, remained under the table before leaving.
Kamil Lis, manager at Tibits, said: “The foxes were cowering under the tables, just lying there, hiding away. One of them was bleeding. I called the RSPCA as they both looked like they had been hurt.
“Passers-by tried to get close to them but I warned them away telling them they would get aggressive as they were frightened.”
Latest research estimates there are 10,000 foxes in London, about 16 per square mile.
Video courtesy of the Evening Standard.
