Abolished in 1966, bounties were a fee paid to people for each fox they killed. Bounties were discontinued because it was determined the monies used to pay them were better spent on habitat enhancements. Foxes are often blamed for decreasing game populations, but most of the time the number of game birds and animals taken by foxes and other predators is insignificant compared to other natural losses. When all facts are considered, habitat change is most often found to be the main contributor to lower small game populations. More and more people are accepting predators as valuable members of our natural world.
Foxes are no exception.
Their presence in Pennsylvania provides recreation and wildlife diversity, two important facets of any wildlife management program.