willding2007
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road killsaw my first road kill of the summer .mature fox . would have expected to have seen a number of cubs on the sides of the roads by now.begs the question, where have all the rural foxes gone ??
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tahir
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Dunno but we hardly see any here, used to see millions when we lived in town
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Mr O
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We have plenty round here, if you want some sending over!
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willding2007
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| Mr O wrote: | | We have plenty round here, if you want some sending over! |
could certainly do with a few . they seem to be dwindling since hunting ban .
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Rob R
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Re: road kill | willding2007 wrote: | | saw my first road kill of the summer . |
Define 'summer' 
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Mr O
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Contact the RSPCA I am sure they would welcome a new place that they could release their town caught foxes.
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Rob R
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Saw an advert for the RSPCA featuring examples of animal abuse, and asking for £3 a month to help prevent it- then saying that the cases featured weren't real ones, but many like them happen every day 
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gil
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Re: road kill | willding2007 wrote: | | saw my first road kill of the summer . |
Must be very careful drivers and wildlife where you are then.
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willding2007
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Re: road kill | gil wrote: | | willding2007 wrote: | | saw my first road kill of the summer . |
Must be very careful drivers and wildlife where you are then. |
or no foxes?
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gil
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We've never had that high a population of foxes round here, either before or after the hunting ban (and this is Scotland, so that started before England). Where there are foxes, they can be seen running about at night, but they don't tend to get run over as often as rabbits, pheasants or badgers.
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willding2007
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| gil wrote: | | We've never had that high a population of foxes round here, either before or after the hunting ban (and this is Scotland, so that started before England). Where there are foxes, they can be seen running about at night, but they don't tend to get run over as often as rabbits, pheasants or badgers. |
spent a couple of weeks ferreting upin grantown on spey . and despite out lamping never saw a set of fox eyes ,and this was over a number of years
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Treacodactyl
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I expect it depends on what area you live in. Are there many game keepers, farmers etc who'll shoot them? I met a someone the other year who had hens with chicks, ducks, geese all free-ranging on their smallholding without any fox protection and no losses to the fox. At first it sounded like there were no foxes in the area but when I met them again it turned out that they have permission to shoot foxes on their neighbours land and routinely shoot them.
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gil
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Local estates seem to have made their gamekeepers redundant.
There are a few folk who rear pheasants in woodland for rough shooting.
I think a few farmers (by no means all) do shoot foxes, especially re lambing time.
But still not many foxes in these parts. Other valleys may be different.
EDIT : and in response to RobR's post below, we don't have that many rabbits round here either, this year or last. Nor is anyone shooting them.
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Rob R
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We have a healthy population of foxes, we also have a healthy population of fox shooters, and an over healthy population of rabbits- coincidence?
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willding2007
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| Rob R wrote: | | We have a healthy population of foxes, we also have a healthy population of fox shooters, and an over healthy population of rabbits- coincidence? |
i think in certain areas foxes have been keepered almost to the point of extinction . they only seem to thrive in the cities . my point is :hunting ban : beneficial or not ??????
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