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Originally Posted by Pat  As most of you know I've got some foxes that I feed in our local wood, in the past 5 weeks 3 of them have been found dead, no sign of any injury so I'm worried that they may have been poisoned but saying that why would anyone do that , there are no livestock around just fields.My friend has buried them in his garden just in case they have been poisoned and the crows and magpies don't eat them. Very worrying  |
HI Pat
This sounds like poisoning and should be acted on, if any more are found please, for the sake of your foxes and other wild life, try to keep the carcass safe from scavengers but save it for examition and call DEFRA, they will act promptly to determin the cause of death.
As for why anyone should poison foxes my imediate thought is game keeper protecting his pheasants, though it is possible that the poison was picked up further afield as foxes can travel a long way in search of food.
Good luck
Dave