Time for a Cull?

@pete wrote:

And country people lie through their teeth about hunting, it does absolutely nothing they claim it does and the fox is made out to be some rampaging beast that could take down a cow if it wanted, A fox CANNOT take down a COW impossible and im not aware anyone has ever claimed this whereas it’d come off second best to most domestic cats. We have NO right to kill anything, but a better fence round the chickens, foxes will and do dig under fencing it aint difficult, though amazingly these murderous beasts don’t kill all the free range chickens we see in shops ? no fox could kill every chicken ever free ranging you would need a million foxes have you ever seen a free range chicken farm and how many chicken are roaming around ? Either they aren’t that bloodthirsty or the chickens are stuck in batteries and just labelled free range.
There’s another example of man’s compassion, battery hens,dont believe in this either but then i live in a city i guess i don’t understand, it’s just a hen. Birds of prey take pheasants,birds of prey indigenous to the UK cannoy catch pheasants the only birds of prey to do this are the larger hawks trained to do so by falconers gotta kill the birds of prey cause we need to shoot the pheasants.
Elephants eat crops, let’s shoot em and get some nice ornaments into the bargain. We are man watch us kill and make excuses that it’s necessary. Utter bollocks, we do NOT need to hunt foxes.

And as i have already quoted fox hunting doesnt cull foxes it maintains them,but ultimately deals with the “trouble makers” a farmer will report a trouble maker to a hunt the hunt will take it out and it is proven that these ones tend to be mangy, old or ill, that is a fact, and most importantly hunting keeps their natural wariness of human beings that is being crossed now we are taming them (or trying to). i like foxes and was willing to accept that hunting them was over, the trouble is they are getting to sure to uncautious more disease ridden (no good for the fox population, domestics or people) and i for one would rather see any animal that is ill taken out quickly rather than a prolonged painful death anyway, so why would anyone that loves these creatures want them to suffer more than they need to? and ok hunts are not going to rid all of the ill and diseased and old but they make an impact on that part of it, it keeps the population in general healthier and more wary. All good let them be wild. Oh and i did state that most healthy foxes will keep small mammals and the likes down thats one reason farmers like foxes as well as hate the trouble making ones.

Were killing for pleasure and were killing for profit, and that’s just wrong.

Toddler released from hospital after Brighton fox attack
Three-year-old boy was scratched or bitten on arm by animal as he played outside during party at Dorothy Stringer pre-school

A toddler was recovering at home today after being attacked by fox at a playgroup in Brighton.

The three-year-old boy was either bitten or scratched on the arm as he played outside at a party at Dorothy Stringer pre-school playgroup in Brighton, East Sussex, on Saturday afternoon.

It is believed the child, who has not been named, stroked the tail of an animal that was sticking out from under a temporary building, when it turned on him. The playgroup was closed today. In a statement it said: “We can confirm that a child suffered injuries after being attacked by a fox at an event on our premises at the weekend.”

It said foxes had existed in the area for sometime, but the playgroup had not taken action because wildlife experts had advised that they were not a danger to people.

An RSPCA inspector who attended the scene was unable to find the animal.

Relatives took the boy to the Royal Sussex county hospital in Brighton where he was treated and released, according to Sussex police. He is now recovering at home, the playgroup said.

Its statement added: “We have been in touch with Defra [Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] and also with a local pest control company, which is due to visit this afternoon to give advice on the action we should take.”

An RSPCA spokeswoman said: “As far as we are aware it was a fox. People there told us they were aware of a fox who had made his den there and had been living there for a year or so.”

She added: “Attacks like this are extremely rare. Foxes will usually shy away from interaction with people. We offer our sincere condolences to the family concerned and we hope for a speedy recovery for the child.”

The spokeswoman explained that had a fox been found, it would not have been put down but taken away and re-released elsewhere. She had no information on the extent of the injuries.

A police spokeswoman said: “Police were called by South East Coast Ambulance Service at 12.30pm on Saturday 19 June after a report of a boy being bitten by a fox.”

She added: “The boy was taken to the Royal Sussex county hospital by family, where he was treated and released.”

A spokeswoman for South East Coast Ambulance Service said: “We were called to the scene but were then stood down. This would imply that the injuries were not that bad.”

Trevor Weeks, founder of the charity East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service, called for a proportionate response to the attack.

He said: “It has been known for years by the educational authorities that foxes live under makeshift buildings at schools, so it should come as no surprise there was a fox present.

“The fox did not attack the child – it was defending itself. There is a significant difference. Any wild animal is going to turn round and bite if you grab its tail.”

Are foxes like buses, there’s none for ages then three come along at once and viciously scratch a kids arm that may have grabbed it’s tail, but no one saw the fox ?

me fooking shoes,, thats one pair in Newcastle with Lucky and another pair in Penge.. devoured by foxes ! I have skin that attracts mossies and feet that foxes love.. !!

dam basils.. i have a few pair o monkey boots and docs and scholls that can lay a dog off a scent :)

punk rock !

@pete wrote:

@(f)politics? wrote:

@pete wrote:

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“The fox did not attack the child – it was defending itself. There is a significant difference. Any wild animal is going to turn round and bite if you grab its tail.”

Yes, exactly any WILD animal would so lets keep them wild, and not let them close enough to your homes pets and children :roll:

How ?

Well a start would be to not feed them as many many people do in their back gardens on their patio’s etc, secondly use pest control measures to get rid of them (i’m not going into the which ones now.)Teach them to fear human again atleast then they will keep their distance when u are out and about esp with kids