Video: Urban fox comes off second best after garden wall cat spat According to residents of this south London street, urban foxes had been using their garden wall as a "super-highway" into local gardens - until one cat decided enough was enough. Amateur video of the stand-off shows the nervy cub repeatedly attempting to run along the garden wall only to find its way barred by the fiesty feline. Following several aborted approaches by the fox, the ginger tom finally lashes out at the ferrel creature, sending it skulking away. The number of the foxes in urban areas have increased as cities have expanded, however, they remain classified as wild animals not pests so local councils have no statutory powers to eradicate them.