Getting rid of foxes

[maxxi]

Conclusive proof that Ants - regardless of funerary arrangements such as intermant in cemanteries or cremantoria - do not STAY DEAD!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/08/12/zombie-ants-controlled-by-fungus/

And I am covered for thread-topic-relevance-deviancy Foxy - as the above clearly states.

[Loz]

Am loving the use of 'Fox News', Maxxi.

[red devil]

Would've been the perfect post had the Zombie ants been abducted by aliens...

[Sue]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Sue - serious and sensible discussions about foxes

> ONLY on this thread please.

xxxxxx

Ooops sorry. Slaps hand.

[LadyDeliah]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> I realise you've got a boner for foxes, Foxy, but

> this is the lounge, not the 'rigidly stick to

> discussing foxes room'.

>

> If you want to discuss foxes and only foxes in a

> rigid 'foxes only' fashion with like-minded

> individuals, then I'm sure there are 'speciality

> websites' out there somewhere for you.

Nomination for post of the week. I snorted tea all over myself laughing.

[aquarius moon]

LadyDeliah Wrote:

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> *Bob* Wrote:

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> Nomination for post of the week. I snorted tea

> all over myself laughing.

That's strange LadyD because I found the post quite infantile & crass.

[*Bob*]

You're right AM.

I will go and stand at the back on the room and weep silently in utter disgrace.

[Jeremy]

I still don't understand why foxes can't go to sainsbury's and spend their nectar points. Is it because they never accumulate enough points to make even the smallest of purchases?

[LadyDeliah]

Must be my infantile, crass sense of humour then.

[Parkdrive]

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> Wonderful posts from Foxy, PeckhamRose & RicB.

>

> The foxes have just as much right to be here as we

> do.

>

> Learn to live alongside them.

Well said. You never know it might even extend to learning to live with humans eh?

[Otta]

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> The foxes have just as much right to be here as we do.

>

> Learn to live alongside them.

Who has defined the "rights" of foxes and humans? I wouldn't have the right to shit in your garden at night, in fact you'd have the right to call the police and have me arrested.

You can't talk about animals and humans having the same "rights" it just doesn't make any sense.

And for the record, I've got no beef with the foxes, except the one that nicked my childhood toy which had been passed down to my daughter who left it in the garden (bitch!).

[*Bob*]

On foxes..

Well I expect someone expects me to say that I think they should all be lined-up, have their faces sandpapered off one by one - and then skewered to death up their bums with a barbed pole.

But I won't say that. Because I like the little critters. YES, I LIKE FOXES.

[Parkdrive]

Otta Wrote:

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> aquarius moon Wrote:

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> > The foxes have just as much right to be here as

> we do.

> >

> > Learn to live alongside them.

>

>

> Who has defined the "rights" of foxes and humans?

> I wouldn't have the right to shit in your garden

> at night, in fact you'd have the right to call the

> police and have me arrested.

>

> You can't talk about animals and humans having the

> same "rights" it just doesn't make any sense.

>

So humans have more of a "right" to life on Earth than any other creature? As for shitting in gardens, humans just get pissed up and urinate in doorways, puke in public, and try to kill one another after "a good night out" wonderful habits no?

[Otta]

Any opportunity to post this.

[Otta]

Parkdrive Wrote:

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> So humans have more of a "right" to life on Earth

> than any other creature?

Erm, no. That's not what i said at all. my point was that you can't compare the rights of a human that lives within a society with a framework of rules, to a wild animal that doesn't.

> As for shitting in

> gardens, humans just get pissed up and urinate in

> doorways, puke in public, and try to kill one

> another after "a good night out" wonderful habits

> no?

no.

[maxxi]

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> Wonderful posts from Foxy, PeckhamRose & RicB.

>

> The foxes have just as much right to be here as we

> do.

>

> Learn to live alongside them.

And the rats (&/or mice), don't forget the rats! (&/or mice)*

*paid for by Equal Rights for Rodents.

[Parkdrive]

maxxi Wrote:

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> aquarius moon Wrote:

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> > Wonderful posts from Foxy, PeckhamRose & RicB.

> >

> > The foxes have just as much right to be here as

> we

> > do.

> >

> > Learn to live alongside them.

>

> And the rats (&/or mice), don't forget the rats!

> (&/or mice)*

>

> *paid for by Equal Rights for Rodents.

Explain why humans are more entitled to occupy the face of the Earth than other creatures. Humour me.

[maxxi]

Parkdrive Wrote:

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> Explain why humans are more entitled to occupy the

> face of the Earth than other creatures. Humour me.

No.

[red devil]

What entitlement to occupy the earth does Mr Fox or any other predator give to it's prey?...

[Otta]

Posted in wrong thread.

[El Pibe]

"Explain why humans are more entitled to occupy the face of the Earth than other creatures. Humour me."

well none obviously, but given that the rest of the animal kingdom doesn't function on any moral compass, then we can do what the fuck we like to them.

Same goes for trees, cunts!!!!

[Alan Medic]

> Explain why humans are more entitled to occupy the

> face of the Earth than other creatures. Humour me.

I've got a birth certificate. I can prove I'm from Earth. How do we know that all those animals (and trees) aren't aliens? Well?

[Loz]

Parkdrive Wrote:

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> Explain why humans are more entitled to occupy the

> face of the Earth than other creatures. Humour me.

If God meant us to live in peace and harmony with foxes, why did He give us guns and dogs?

Tally ho.

[civilservant]

foxes have a natural lifespan of around 14 years, just like dogs. in the wild they possibly manage to live this out, but urban foxes' life expectancy is only a couple of years because of urban hazards such as traffic

see http://foxes.channel4.com/features/fox-file (and any number of other references.) It has this on pets and foxes:

Q: I'm scared that a fox will eat my pet?

A. You shouldn't be. It is actually very rare for a fox to kill a pet. A study in Bristol showed that the maximum annual loss was 0.2 pets per fox (a fox ate a pet once every five years), so putting your pet in secure housing should avoid this.

As a pedant, I should point out that the helpful clarification for Mail-readers should actually say "EACH fox ate pets at the rate of one every five years" (but then if a given fox only survives for two years, the likelihood that it ever ate a pet decreases...)

[civilservant]

... or "ON AVERAGE a fox ate a pet once every five years"