Kid lost his first chicken to a fox

[NewcoopNewpoop]

I am hoping to find some parenting type advice. My 9 year old son just lost his pet chicken to a fox this morning. He had left the gate open to the pen last night and no one noticed. The ladies went on a freerange and a fox we have known about nabbed her outside the pen.
My kids are understandably upset, but how do i help them with their rage towards the fox?

 

[Evadig]

I'm sorry about the loss of your chicken.

My sister had three baby turtles she kept in a kiddie pool on the deck. One night a raccoon came and ate all three. She was furious.

I told her that the raccoon wasn't a mean or wicked raccoon, he was just doing as nature intended. Raccoons have to eat too. And her turtles were a whole lot easier to get than the others, and predators will always go for the easiest meal. Who wouldn't?

She still is upset with that raccoon and mourns those turtles (that was four years ago). But I think she has finally come to understand you can't fault the predator for doing what it was created to do.

Hope this helps !