The way I understood it was that the coyotes breed with them and mostly all you see anymore is fox/coyote mix.Anybody know if this has any truth to it?
Coyotes like to eat foxes but I've never heard of them breeding with them. If your red fox population is decreasing, chances are the coyotes are wiping them out. Here in Maryland, the red foxes live mainly in the lowlands and the grays live in the mountains. We have coyotes too, but I think the fox population remains pretty high...