Foxes prey on the taxonomic superorder that contains rodents and rabbits.... and also humans. "We" are their oldest prey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euarchontoglires
Could it be that foxes are using humans as a source of food, indirectly?
Are foxes the ones who are *really* in control of the world? Have we greatly underestimated their true slyess and cunning?