What Do You Do With Urban Foxes?
There’s a story in the Standard about foxes plaguing a smart part of London. Here’s what Brent Council said.
When contacted by residents, Brent council said it did not have the funding to deal with foxes but hoped to serve a legal notice on the owner of the property to remove the vegetation.
The council claimed it could leave itself open to prosecution if it moved the animals.
Craig Johnstone, of the council’s Public and Animal Health Team, wrote in an email: “Dealing with foxes is quite a specialist field. It’s not that simple to just trap and relocate them.
“Doing this could leave us open to prosecution as releasing a fox into another area (countryside) could cause the fox unnecessary suffering.”
A farmer friend of mind has had urban foxes dumped on his land. As they have never had to hunt and have just scavenged, they are rather lost and get very hungry. He’s even seen them begging round his tractor, whilst he sits there eating his sandwiches for lunch.
They should be humanely destroyed.
The Anonymous Widower 
A cartoonists aaproach is easier : put a $2 bounty on a Fox scalp, and the Londoners with Guns can shoot them, {instead of people} & make some pocket money.
Comment by Steam Lover | June 9, 2012 |
The tree huggers and the police would hate that. The foxes now have a lot more rights than people due to the anti-hunting legislation.
Comment by AnonW | June 9, 2012 |
I agree that urban foxes shouldn’t just be dumped in the countryside. It’s not fair to the fox or the poor farmer (like your friend) who gets the unwanted guests on their land. If you have a fox that needs to be dealt with, then call in professional fox controllers who will deal with the issue properly and humanely.
Comment by John | Fox Repellent Expert | August 13, 2012 |
I agree John. But the foxes here seem to keep to the middle of my road and I don’t have a garden.
Comment by AnonW | August 13, 2012 |