Would you feed urban foxes?

No- you will never get rid of them. I speak from experience.
Last year I came home to find a fox in our conservatory - on the sofa with 2 of our cats.
My neighbour feeds them as they always give birth in field behind our houses. I have asked her not to but she thinks they are 'sweet'
They will move into woods opposite soon as they should being wild animals & fully capable of looking after themselves..
The cats have the upper hand & I am not worried they are in danger as fox very wary of them & our 4 cats are very feisty!.

No I do not feed them. I have two dogs, they are not small dogs but they go out into the garden and I always check the garden for foxes. Occasionally one of the dogs may need to
use the garden at night for a wee and I put on all the lights and outside light making sure no foxes are about.
Last December when putting off the house lights to go to bed I would look outside and for three weeks a fox sat under the lamppost ,just sitting and waiting for what I don't know.

I fed one inadvertently when I left the hen coop door open one summer night. we had 2 hens. What a mess of feathers in the morning. Broke my heart at the time. Nothing against foxes but I had had these hens for 4 years and the one time I was neglectful it pounced. They are more than capable of finding their own food.

Urban foxes often rely on scavenging to top up their hunting. During lockdown the takeaway food isn't available so many will be hungry. I'd feed it but put the food away from the house but where you can see. Don't put too much food out though otherwise you'll be feeding every scavenger in the area including the neighbourhood moggies.

Thank you all for taking the time to answer. I had thought it would all be no, so I am surprised at some yes answers too. Some very interesting responses.

I don’t believe urban foxes do any harm, they don’t attack cats and certainly not swans, which are much bigger than foxes and quite fierce.
When they get lots of food they will multiply and when there is less takeaway litter for a few months they will go hungry. I’d feed them if there were cubs in my garden.

Almost ?

We had foxes near us in our previous house. I used to feed them occasionally but never worried about my 12 year old cat. She didn't like them in 'her' garden and would walk towards them growling and they always ran off.

You should never feed foxes whether urban or rural. They're wild animals and encouraging them near homes is asking for trouble with them even going into houses! Foxes should be afraid of humans for their own good, semi taming them is doing them no favours at all.