taxidermy dave Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 was having a debate earlier about whether foxes were classed as vermin or pests , now i think there both the same thing but i may be wrong , anyone got any ideas as too what they are ? cheers dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Both far as i know are the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heladoxa Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 If you have one or two of them, they are pests. If you have lots and lots and lots they are vermin. Especially if they have got scabies, rabies scrofula and the mange. LOL Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkfooty Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 You are certainly not being thick. It's an interesting question. I think of woodpigeon as being pests but would never classify them as vermin. In fact, if it were not for the fact that regarding them as game birds would mean that we only had a 6-week season for them, I would be happy to see them classified as such. Rabbits also - I would classify as pests but not as vermin. Grey squirrels and rats I would classify as vermin. Foxes, stoats and weasels? I wouldn't classify them as anything based on what they are - just on what they were doing. They are really attractive wild animals that no sane person would want to see eradicated from the countryside (unlike grey squirrels) but where they exist in such numbers that they cause serious problems, then I guess they become pests rather than vermin. But maybe the urban foxes that raid dustbins in towns and cities are beginning to meet the vermin tag. Anti-fieldsports loonies, hunt saboteurs, politicians of all colours, boy racers, litter louts and morons who shoot at out-of-range geese - that's when you start talking real vermin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heladoxa Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 There you are Dave, from the dictionary on my computer. PEST[/b noun a destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock, etc. • informal an annoying person or thing; a nuisance. VERMIN noun wild mammals and birds that are believed to be harmful to crops, farm animals, or game, or that carry disease, e.g., foxes, rodents, and insect pests. • parasitic worms or insects. • figurative people perceived as despicable and as causing problems for the rest of society : the vermin who ransacked her house. Which also neatly covers Pinkfooty's last sentence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 Heladoxa - I think you have covered it perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 (edited) Then I have one 16 year old pest. Does that count Edited December 29, 2009 by Landy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heladoxa Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 Then I have one 16 year old pest. Does that count Hiya Landy, It does count, but if you shoot it you've got to eat it. LOL Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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