My home is near the woods with lots of wildlife including a passing bear once in awhile along with herds of deer and others. I placed the fox in a mulched flower where I also have 5 different fake bears, just yesterday Aug 26 a mother deer with 2 fawns passed the bed !! she paused looked at the fox gave a signal and ALL fled. It's very unusual for a statue of wildlife to fool a live animal.!!  GREAT