3rd dead fox in garden

[Peckhampam]

Yesterday I had to dispose of the third dead fox in my garden in a couple of years. Am I just unlucky or do other people have them die in their garden as well?

[Sue]

Do you know what they appeared to have died of?

Were they injured?

Is one of your neighbours putting down poisoned food?

[Peckhampam]

This one was a cub/young adolescent and didn't seem to be injured.

[Sue]

Sounds odd to me, surely young foxes don't normally die of natural causes?

[123-lisap]

strange! some body in your local area must be poisoning them.. our local ones seem to have gone amiss too!!!!!

[Sue]

123-lisap Wrote:

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our local ones seem to have gone

> amiss too!!!!!

Eh? Gone amiss? What do you mean?

[cassidy]

What road are you on ?

[peterstorm1985]

Sue Wrote:

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> Sounds odd to me, surely young foxes don't

> normally die of natural causes?

Actually they do. The garden next to us was unkempt for years and regularly used by families of foxes. We had had occasional dead foxes but when the garden next door was cleared by property developers they found a surprising number of cub skeletons.

[Sue]

peterstorm1985 Wrote:

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> Sue Wrote:

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> > Sounds odd to me, surely young foxes don't

> > normally die of natural causes?

>

> Actually they do. The garden next to us was

> unkempt for years and regularly used by families

> of foxes. We had had occasional dead foxes but

> when the garden next door was cleared by property

> developers they found a surprising number of cub

> skeletons.

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:-S

[Ratpack]

We had loads of foxes in our garden and they all disappeared at the same time. I think someone is poisoning them or catching them.

[Sue]

Ratpack Wrote:

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> We had loads of foxes in our garden and they all

> disappeared at the same time. I think someone is

> poisoning them or catching them.

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What's happening to all the bodies, then?

:-S

[Penguin68]

Franklyn's?

[Sue]

Penguin68 Wrote:

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> Franklyn's?

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:))

[Ratpack]

That was what was so strange. Lots of foxes - they all disappeared at the same time and no bodies in our gardens.

[Sue]

Ratpack Wrote:

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> That was what was so strange. Lots of foxes - they

> all disappeared at the same time and no bodies in

> our gardens.

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Maybe they've just gone somewhere else?

I once had a fox sleeping in my garden every day, then one day it just went away and never came back.

It never occurred to me it might have died, I just assumed it found somewhere else to sleep!

[grass]

Somebody is poisoning they fox in your local area.

[DulwichFox]

It is possible that Foxes can die after eating Mice or Rats that have been Poisoned.

[Sue]

grass Wrote:

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> Somebody is poisoning they fox in your local area.

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And is your (new) forum name a giveaway?

You know who this somebody is?

@ Dulwich Fox - that's true, but then where are all the bodies?

[DulwichFox]

Sue Wrote:-

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> @ Dulwich Fox - that's true, but then where are

> all the bodies?

What Bodies.. The Foxes. ? Well one is in peckhampam's garden.

The Mice, Rats, ?? The Fox ate them ..

[Pearson]

Sue Wrote:

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> grass Wrote:

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> > Somebody is poisoning they fox in your local

> area.

>

> xxxxxx

>

> And is your (new) forum name a giveaway?

>

> You know who this somebody is?

>

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I do Sue.

[Sue]

So are you going to do something about it?

[Pearson]

Lol, yes... seems to be working though :-P

[Earl Aelfheah]

Sounds like the work of the dulwich hunt.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/columnists/2009/6/9/1244576220572/Fox-hunting-001.jpg

[maxxi]

I thought it was the southwarkhunt.