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If you don't want foxes constantly visiting your property, the onus is really on you, the homeowner, to fox-proof your garden. They are protected wildlife and beautiful, highly misunderstood creatures that are permanently established in the urban landscape. To deter them, you must focus on prevention: install plastic spikes or similar humane deterrents on the tops of fences, make sure there are no holes, and fill in any gaps they may be using for dens. For a scent deterrent, you can use products containing ammonium sulphate (often found in certain lawn treatments and available on eBay) and spray the area regularly. I've had foxes visiting me for the last four years and have successfully treated three for mange using Ivermectin in targeted bait, observing them safely with Ring cameras. The ones that feed them responsibly with high-quality health food such as raw eggs, raw chicken scraps, or dried and wet dog food actually improve their overall health and discourage them from nuisance behavior like bin diving, eating urban garbage, and digging in the garden for worms. Even if you were to kill a fox that lived on your property, it would only temporarily result in a "vacuum" which another fox would quickly fill. On average, they are lucky to get to two years old, being killed mostly by cars and injuries which, if untreated, often kill them. They are more intelligent than dogs or cats but live short, precarious lives in the dark of night, existing on the edge of human society because we tried to exterminate them in former times when they were a threat to our scarce food. This paranoia and acute survival instinct is bred into them by natural selection.They tend to stay away from where they are not wanted if you make it obvious enough. -
hope the feedback goes to the library teams to encourage more libraries and more library use -
By Jenijenjen · Posted
and even since Tory austerity, they've been opening new build modern libraries - Canada Water, Camberwell, Una Marson, Grove Vale. -
Agree! I feel very lucky to live in a borough that has such great libraries.
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