How to kill some foxes (pest control)

[jctg]

"There are no predators in the foxes food chain...."

Er, humans?

[Pearson]

Er, humans?

Exactly.... now you're getting it:)

And because some people are too limp wristed to do anything about it because the LAW says its wrong.

Grow some balls and join me in becoming a fox predator...

[jctg]

"In a bin!"

You can't put a fox carcass in with your household rubbish. You'll have to dump it outside on the road and hope no-one sees you (and if someone does, tell them you ran over it). You see, I'm trying to help you now.

[Pearson]

How not? i put dead birds in the bin.... and chicken/beef carcass in the bin...???

What nonsense are you talking.

.... You don't stalk peoples bins do you....?

[louisiana]

jctg Wrote:

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> "What is the difference between a fox and a rat?"

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> Fox not legal to kill. Rat legal to kill

Fox legal to kill.

It's how you kill.

Marmora Man is right about others moving in.

We certainly do seem to have a population explosion. I've seen five or six different foxes in ten minutes walking along Court Lane, and there are 2 living within 20 yards of my gate. I reckon the traditional urban densities (up to 30 per km2) are being exceeded by a huge margin.

[jctg]

Would you put your dead dog in the bin?

[Pearson]

^ your seriously not comparing a family pet to a fox are you???

Foxes are not pets you plonker! They are vermin.... this is my whole point.

With an answer like that, I can only assume that you seem to think foxes are cute 'pet' like creatures.... ?

[jctg]

"your seriously not comparing a family pet to a fox are you???"

No, I'm making the point that it's probably prohibited to dispose of a dead dog or fox in your household rubbish.

"With an answer like that, I can only assume that you seem to think foxes are cute 'pet' like creatures.... ?"

Well, you're wrong, I don't.

[Sue]

If the foxes are such a massive problem for you, and personally I love having foxes in my garden, why don't you report it to the council and let them deal with it?

[Pearson]

Sue, I have reported to the council.

I get a similar response from them as i do from JCTG.... 'it's just not legal!!!'

I've had enough of that crap! they are a pest/ vermin! why should they be given the green card??

Action now required....

[TJ]

Admin - come on, do your job!

[Pearson]

^really?

[Huguenot]

Something about feeding the troll.

Just as an FYI, the administrators are required to give up log details to the police if they fear a criminal act has, or is about to take place.

There is easily sufficient data in the logs to cross check with ISPs to identify the originating PC for online postings.

I'm sure it wouldn't then take too much effort to identify the user with the personality of an attention seeking 14 year old boy.

[jctg]

"Something about feeding the troll."

Yeah, sorry. I don't usually get into arguments on the internet. I wasn't even that bored. But I'm definitely going to bed now though.

[Pearson]

Erm, ok! Troll, 14yr old??? Meh!

Really........

Look, i'm none of the above, although you are entitled to make your own judgments of course...

Firstly i'm not really bothered by threats of the law as they can't seem to find a stolen bike let alone solve any major case of rodent/vermin/minor mammal murder.

For me,my friends next door and across the road. Foxes are a major pest.

And for all the reasons you state above that i am supposedly unable to do anything about it.

....I am!

Because no one else will

[louisiana]

Swings and roundabouts. Foxes eat rodents, and around here that will mean rats and mice.

[Huguenot]

That's right pearson, YOU ARE the Enforcer... ridding the streets of vermin, operating outside the law, protecting the rights of the innocent. I'll bet the women swoon when they see you strutting the streets in your big cloak and eye mask ;-)

pearson, you need to think for a moment why putting poisons in publically accessible areas is illegal. Why would the goverment stop us putting poisons where houshold pets and small children could access them?

Why would you think it's reasonable that poisoning cats is okay in your ridiculously poorly informed vendetta on foxes?

You know this is borderline psychotic don't you? You need to keep taking the meds mate.

[ST&NLY]

RSPCA. Reported.

[SeanMacGabhann]

I know foxhunting is illegal - but is killing foxes in your own garden illegal too?

pearson is clearly demented, and I wouldn't ring the RSPCA because I suspect he is all talk, but if you do have a fox problem, how is it different to any other vermin problem?

[SeanMacGabhann]

Ah - seems it's illegal to lay poison, but not to kill them

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[SeanMacGabhann]

PS ? I?m not advocating killing foxes on sight. I?m happy so one in the garden etc etc.

But they are vermin, they breed in the wild and some sort of culling is not beyond the pale. And if people have too many in their garden and want rid of them how is that different from having a mice or rat infestation?

[Toddinator]

No wonder there are so many missing cats in the area. I really hope one day you'll realise what pain you've caused owners who have lost their loved family pets. Shame people with no compassion like you didn't die off with the old generation. Karma often get's it's way - certainly hope it does with you.

[jctg]

"And if people have too many in their garden and want rid of them how is that different from having a mice or rat infestation?"

Because poisoning them is illegal (unlike for rats and mice). As are most traps (ditto). The only legal traps are free running snares which are probably not permitted in urban areas. In addition, what would you do with the fox after you've caught it in this trap?

[DirtyBox]

maybe you could sell the carcasses to Franklins?

[Brendan]

I?m always keen to explore forms of biological pest control. It seems bears are one of their natural predators.