Thus what is torn to shreds is a dead fox, which has nothing more to do with cruelty than the eating of a shop-bought chop by a pet.

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In between, we see him studying horses in motion, recording the limp paws and coppery fur of a dead fox, and capturing the slump of a tired violinist accompanying a ballet class, all in preparation for paintings.

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Who hasn't been ambitious and in search of a mentor like Wall Street's young stockbroker Bud Fox, or frustrated in a dead-end job like American Beauty's suburban ad executive Lester Burnham, or scared of being fired like the desperate real estate salesmen in Glengarry Glen Ross?

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As so often, DNA tests on the deer carcasses in Gloucestershire revealed another dead end: the only trace found on the carcasses was that of a fox, which most likely scavenged the creatures after death.

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