Hmmm... as far as I can see - this is a typical interweb arguement, folk ranting pedantically at each other with the main point long lost.
To my mind many of the reported "fox attacks" on humans are in fact cases of human misconduct against other humans - for that matter, I have grave doubts about the dingo business in Australia years ago too.
Then to fully explore someone's arguement that a tend is growing - you must first establish the starting point for if the original contention begins at zero - every further instance is evidence of the thing growing.
Personally, I don't like the arguement for hunting just on the basis of it being a traditional country pursuit or we'd still have the hue & cry ( which come to think about gypsies wouldn't be a bad idea! )
However, I do take great exception to folk seeking to ban such a widespread lifestyle in the name of animal cruelty when fishing remains unsullied - this is doubly irksome when you consider that this is mainly because fish are regarded as unfeeling cold blooded life as opposed to cuddly warm foxes which rather runs counter to all life being sacred.