A woman who adopted an urban fox in Hampstead is “saddened” to see it die
Kiki Kendrick, who lives in Mackesson Road, South End Green, met Mr Mackie three years ago when she was packing her car to go to Wales to visit her mother.
The meeting started a friendship that saw Mr Mackey walk Kiki and her husband Robin home from the bus stop – once with a “cheeky” fox
to jump through their living room window when a plate of food was not left for him.
Kiki said: “I first met Mr Mackie three years ago when I was packing up the car to go to my mum’s in North Wales at 5am. The little cub was playing with a discarded shoe, throwing it in the air and catching it.
“It was wonderful – that’s why I ran to get the phone, but when I came back, all that was left was a chewed-up shoe.
“After that first meeting we met more or less every time I was going to go to Wales in the early hours, he even tried to get in the car and go with us once.”
She said that when her mother died, Mr Mackie came around more, so she started feeding him leftovers – and even gave him his own plate.
“Mr. Mackey being Mr. Mackey, stood thus and began to wait by the gate for his dinner. Mind you, he crossed the line when service was a bit delayed and he climbed through our living room window and sat on the couch with a “dinner’s ready” look on his face.
The brave fox even followed Kiki when she walked the dogs.
“Mr Mackey was healthy, handsome and not a night owl, I remember him walking out on South End Green in broad daylight like a millionaire strolling down Bond Street,” she added.
“But McKesson Road was his home and my flat was his favorite diner.
“He didn’t just live on Mackesson Road, he owned it, so naturally we called him Mr Mackey.”
But she believes Mr. Mackie’s confidence was ultimately his downfall.
“Mr. Mackie was not fox-like, he was not cunning, he did not hide rounded corners, he was brash, with his head held high, he was not afraid of anything, and he rolled in the middle of the road without a care. ; cars had to go around it.
“I guess it was only a matter of time,” Kiki said.
On Tuesday (April 18), Macky met Kiki and Robin at the bus stop like the “concierge” he was.
The next day she brought him food, but the next morning she was still there.
“I had a feeling something was going on,” she said. “Even if he didn’t like what was being offered, he would throw it out of the bowl, as it were,
‘don’t give me that again’ so it was always clear that he was.’
A friend then posted a photo of the fox on a WhatsApp group that showed Mr Maki “looking like it was sunbathing” on a piece of cardboard, but it was dead.
“He looked calm. Perhaps he rolled in front of the wrong car,” she added. – It’s so sad.
She said that a neighbor posted a photo of a fox and her four cubs living under their cottage.
“Hopefully, Mr. Mackie will live in them,” she added.
“TURN UP Mr. Mackie. I’ll leave the last crumb tonight for your journey.”
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