Homeowner sets up camera to catch ‘militant vegans’ stealing his milk… before ‘sting’ operation reveals the real culprit

A homeowner who set up a camera to catch the ‘militant vegans’ he suspected of stealing his milk discovered a surprise culprit. 

Gordon Campbell, 42, has been having milk delivered to his door since Covid. But around a month ago, his milk deliveries started going missing. 

The father-of-one thought the thefts were the result of a ‘militant vegan‘ going around and spilling milk in a display of activism – so he set up a camera at his home in Bearsden, Scotland in an attempt to catch the thief red-handed. 

But the sting operation caught an unexpected culprit – a cheeky fox. 

Video footage showed a young fox cub walking up the steps to Mr Campbell’s home, then grabbing the bottle in its mouth and spilling it before running off.  

Mr Campbell paused his deliveries because of the repeated theft and went back to the supermarket for his milk supply. 

He said: ‘I didn’t really know exactly who would be doing it – I thought it was a person or an animal.

‘The magpies got the blame for a while, as they’re really smart birds, but I was thinking they probably wouldn’t have the strength to roll a bottle away.

The fox cub was caught dashing across the lawn after spilling the milk over Mr Campbell’s doorstep 

Gordon Campbell (pictured) had to pause his milk deliveries and return to the supermarket following the spate of thefts 

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‘Sunday night I set up the camera, and I had a bottle of milk in the house and a spare glass bottle which I filled up with milk that I bought from the supermarket, and I put that as a sting.’

It took just hours for the thief to take the bait and show its face, just after 2.30am on Monday.

Mr Campbell, who works in digital advertising for his company Clickboost, said: ‘I just thought it was kind of hilarious that this wee, cute fox was popping up and taking it away. 

‘All was forgiven when I saw its big ears and its wee face.

‘I may resume my milk delivery knowing who’s responsible, but I may put out a box or something for the milkman to put it in.’

Just months earlier, Mr Campbell’s pet cat, Bruce, had chased a fox away from his cat flap.

Video showed the moment the cat ran after the fox and chased it away through the family’s garden.

Mr Campbell said: ‘The fox essentially tried to get into the cat flap, and the cat came and chased it away.’