A measure aimed at protecting the gray fox population in Illinois was signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker on Monday.

A similar bill passed the House last year but died after being amended by the Senate to prohibit a hunting season for the gray fox, which was designated as Delaware’s official wildlife animal in 2010.

The gray fox is active throughout the year, and leaves its den at twilight or night to forage, but may hunt during the day, too. The usual manner of travel is by walking or trotting, but when ...

NEWARK, Del. -- Delaware lawmakers who want to allow the hunting of the gray fox have found a vocal opposition group: Students at the school that helped make it the state wildlife animal. The ...

The gray fox was named the state's animal in 2010 after fourth-grade students at Joseph M. McVey Elementary School, as part of a persuasive writing class, suggested that the animal be designated ...

Put down your guns, you would-be hunters of the gray fox. And put away those traps. State legislation put forth in March – and noted in this space – that could have allowed for the hunting and ...

Virginia Sen. David W. Marsden (D-Fairfax), who sponsored the legislation to ban new pens, said there is an important distinction between hunting and fox penning: The latter is a practice that ...

Although, gray fox season may close in the future, according to Iowa DNR. Hunting is not considered to have a major effect on the fox population. Iowa DNR says online that most fox that are ...

This beautiful video, taken at the Yellowstone National Park in the United States, captures a rare glimpse of a grey fox diving under the snow to hunt. With extremely keen vision, hearing, and sense ...

The DNR collared its first gray fox, called GF1, in November of 2023. The GPS data from the healthy, 10-pound male revealed its preferred den sites and hunting grounds over a 2-by-2-mile range on ...

This beautiful video, taken at the Yellowstone National Park in the United States, captures a rare glimpse of a grey fox diving under the snow to hunt. With extremely keen vision, hearing, and sense ...