Giant Fox Killed

[Burko]

I saw a fox do a poo on a swan. Something needs to be done about this.

[badgerwatcher]

Presumably once you've crossed the barrier of natural resistance to killing another creature, it becomes easier? I think it deminishes a person, so he is the loser, and sadly, his son, who got to pose beside the fox, hung up like a trophy kill.

[STYRBJORN]

As far as its being a "giant" fox is concerned, the reaction on the hunting forum to which I belong is that someone is either telling porkies or is an idjit. Big, healthy bin fed fox but there's bigger out there.

On a point of information, the vet's actions appear to have been completely legal. Foxes are not protected and there is no closed season. The foxes were live trapped and put down by lethal injection, administered by a qualified person.

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by STYRBJORN

As far as its being a "giant" fox is concerned, the reaction on the hunting forum to which I belong is that someone is either telling porkies or is an idjit. Big, healthy bin fed fox but there's bigger out there.

On a point of information, the vet's actions appear to have been completely legal. Foxes are not protected and there is no closed season. The foxes were live trapped and put down by lethal injection, administered by a qualified person.

I dont doubt the legality of his actions - and as you know I have no problem with killing foxes when it is justified - What I am talking about is the lack of moral justification for his actions ( a fox might have killed his cat - but how does he know he got the right one, and also this is not a preventative cull but a retaliation after the fact) and also my major issue is with the way it has been reported by some sections of the press

" Giant mutant foxes will kill your children" " Act now to end this terror stalking the streets"

[STYRBJORN]

Originally Posted by eeyore

I dont doubt the legality of his actions - and as you know I have no problem with killing foxes when it is justified - What I am talking about is the lack of moral justification for his actions ( a fox might have killed his cat - but how does he know he got the right one, and also this is not a preventative cull but a retaliation after the fact) and also my major issue is with the way it has been reported by some sections of the press

" Giant mutant foxes will kill your children" " Act now to end this terror stalking the streets"

And as you know, I agree with you on all three points. I mentioned the legality only because another poster asked whether the killing was legal. There is, or has been, an anti-fox agenda in the right wing press, which must surely be an attempt to gain support for repeal of the HWD Act. Perhaps now Cameron has dropped the idea of a free vote on the issue - because he'd lose - the whole thing may fizzle out. What effect a return of Tarquin and Fiona Tosspot-Smythe to our rural economy would have on the urban fox population is at best debatable anyway!

Ric

[Wild-Woman]

I love our local fox because it poos on my neighbours gnome's hat.

[counterlady]

Originally Posted by eeyore

I dont doubt the legality of his actions - and as you know I have no problem with killing foxes when it is justified - What I am talking about is the lack of moral justification for his actions ( a fox might have killed his cat - but how does he know he got the right one, and also this is not a preventative cull but a retaliation after the fact) and also my major issue is with the way it has been reported by some sections of the press

" Giant mutant foxes will kill your children" " Act now to end this terror stalking the streets"

Good points totally agree - remember though he had to kill two foxes to ensure he killed the right "presumed" fox!!!

[Cowgirl]

All vets aren't bad.

Our vets, who live a few doors down from me have chickens, ducks, wildlife ponds etc. I once said to them that I had seen a fox heading up their lane. Bless 'em, they didn't immediately head for the nearest shotgun, but put up another ring of wooden fencing with extra electric fencing besides.

Nice to know some people can think logically & do things right.

Wild-woman I love your local fox too!

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by SpikyPhasmid

Not only that, but these giant foxes don't pay taxes and have never worked a day in their lives. They're probably on benefits. No doubt the council puts them up in £1,000,000 homes while indigenous, hard-working British pet cats are ripped to shreds outside their own homes! I say we send them back to where they came from!!!!111

Not to mention that they exhibit low morals and regularly fornicate and fight in the very street - what example do they set for our children ? - clearly they are responsible for the rise in teenage pregnancy and deliquency of the young.

[Putorius]

I may well be wrong but I am under the impression that in an Urban or residential environment the culling of foxes is permitted by law, however you must be sure to enrol the services of a pest control company who is able and willing to rise to the challenge rather than take pot shots at animals yourself.