Eco-friendly brake cables eaten by foxes after switch to soy insulation
Drivers in Sussex have been forced to take action against a growing menace - the un-fantastic foxes who are chewing their car brake cables!
Foxes are chewing brake lines on cars because of new, eco-friendly brake cable insulation made from soy or animal fats, which they find attractive to eat. Some brake fluids also contain a sweet-tasting substance called glycol, which can attract them if they chew through the cable to a certain point.
They were now having to cover their cars with tarpaulins overnight in a bid to deter the foxes from getting beneath their vehicles.
One lady said her own vehicle had been damaged, along with those of many of her neighbours in Horsham, and a garage had originally quoted her a bill of £4,500 for repairs.
A survey of neighbours revealed some were facing repair bills of up to £9,000 each.
She said, apart from the damage being done to vehicles, children were having to walk to school along pavements covered with fox poo and maggots feeding on their vomit.
“Nearly every person in the neighbourhood has contacted environmental health but we never hear back.”
“We phoned the RSPCA but they said they could only help if someone was harming the foxes.”
She said council officials had also told them that foxes were not vermin but were ‘wildlife.’
