Beretta28g Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 " Introduced foxes are of course a perennial problem, and farmers are sometimes shocked to find that foxes which have been captured have actually been micro-chipped" Page 5 EDP2 29-01-10 Where would you stand if you shot a microchipped one? Beretta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Who would ever know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I thought they track them with microchips dont tyhey to find out where they go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 So what if they do, All they will notice is one hasn't moved for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death from below Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Where would I stand - on it's head as I pose for the photo. No doubt some dumb *** liberal probably ran one over and took it to the vets, who chucked in a micro chip for another £200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Microchips don't track them, my dogs got one in it and one things for sure the RSPCA / CIA or whoever aren't tracking her, purely means in theory were it to end up back in a rescue sanctuary then they could identify it. As for shooting one you'd never know it was chipped unless you Xrayed it or had a chip reader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Ok Thanks for that that just make me feel better about the vixen i just bushwacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 " Introduced foxes are of course a perennial problem, and farmers are sometimes shocked to find that foxes which have been captured have actually been micro-chipped" Page 5 EDP2 29-01-10 Where would you stand if you shot a microchipped one? Beretta Where would you stand if you shot a microchipped one? how would i know it had been chipped. If a group of folk want to spend there own money getting them chipped then good luck to em, but it dont give the foxes any more privileges than non chipped ones. or not round here it dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 No I am with Beretta28g, I reckon that the government pays spys to track all the chipped foxes on a big screen. (Probably in a secret volcano.) They can probably see the fookers gathering around our rubbish on a Monday night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthedark Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I'm with MC (even though he's from essex). It would be a bit late to worry about it anyway, but I suppose it could always be returned to whoever micro chipped it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead-Eyed Duck Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I personally wouldn't eat a fox with micro chips, chunky chips or even oven chips. It would take a whole lot of onion gravy to disguise the smell But there again, it takes all kinds. I have read that down south you can't get fish 'n chips with gravy, but they can't be that uncivilised, surely Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulpicide Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 N I M B Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMcC Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 I found one once dead on the side of the road by Bristol Airport with a bl***y great collar on it and a battery pack the size of a brick. I opened the pack and inside was a note asking me to return the collar to Bristol University, not the battery because of the weight, giving details of when and where the fox was found and under what circumstances. I did, and had a very nice letter from some Professor that had released it and it's mate two months previous from the main bus station in Bristol. Apparently the Vixen didn't make much progress, got ran over not far from town within three days but this old boy had been tracked as a right 'wanderer' until the battery died then it got ran over trying to get to the airport for a cheap flight to Spain On the other hand it could have been shot and dumped, I didn't see any sign of damage but I was only interestedin the collar really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 I found one once dead on the side of the road by Bristol Airport with a bl***y great collar on it and a battery pack the size of a brick.I opened the pack and inside was a note asking me to return the collar to Bristol University, not the battery because of the weight, giving details of when and where the fox was found and under what circumstances. I did, and had a very nice letter from some Professor that had released it and it's mate two months previous from the main bus station in Bristol. Apparently the Vixen didn't make much progress, got ran over not far from town within three days but this old boy had been tracked as a right 'wanderer' until the battery died then it got ran over trying to get to the airport for a cheap flight to Spain On the other hand it could have been shot and dumped, I didn't see any sign of damage but I was only interestedin the collar really You should have posted the collar to a friend in Scotland and asked them to post it back to Bristol University. That would have given the Bristol University folk something to think about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy1403 Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 i dont think these profs no the damage they could be doing.in the city by the bus station they would of had easy pickings all the burgers they could eat.they catch them and release into the wild where they have proberly never even seen a chicken thats not covered in spicy coating and deep fried to go on the rampage in someones coup or phesant pen.perhaps the profs should be taged and dumped in a new enviro and see how they cope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicykillgaz Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) i'm probably wrong but i always thought that if it was injured and it got treated you couldn't release them and they was put in a sanctuary not released as they are a pest, but say if you caught a fox in a trap that was not injured you could release it into a safe area. not sure where i heard it but my point is why would a vet chip a fox that shouldn't be released if what i've heard is true . not that i would release it as generally if you've put a trap out its because you want rid of it Edited January 30, 2010 by bicykillgaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMcC Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Wow, Even better if I'd posted the collar to a mate in Spain or somewhere else exotic That would certainly have got them wondering I think the Foxes released were originally road casualties and once healed or mended were released in the town environment to see how they reacted. It might have been a Government long term policy to use Foxes to clear the streets of discarded 'Take aways' and if they could get them to clear the cardboard as well, to make their lairs, they would do away with dustmen and cut our council tax yeah right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 I have read that down south you can't get fish 'n chips with gravy, but they can't be that uncivilised, surely Don You can get mushy peas down here, but it has taken a long time to arrive. Some times even haggis appears in the shops but it's that battery reared type, not the genuine free range sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 i'm probably wrong but i always thought that if it was injured and it got treated you couldn't release them and they was put in a sanctuary not released as they are a pest, but say if you caught a fox in a trap that was not injured you could release it into a safe area. not sure where i heard it but my point is why would a vet chip a fox that shouldn't be released if what i've heard is true . not that i would release it as generally if you've put a trap out its because you want rid of it you can re release but only where you found them in the same area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 One of my customers had lived in Norway, where the large cats(Linx?) are tagged and tracked, like the Red Kites over here, I presume. Someone shot one, so they dropped it off a bridge onto a goods train as it passed underneath! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George1990 Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 I personally wouldn't eat a fox with micro chips, chunky chips or even oven chips. It would take a whole lot of onion gravy to disguise the smell But there again, it takes all kinds. I have read that down south you can't get fish 'n chips with gravy, but they can't be that uncivilised, surely Don Why ruin it with gravy? Loads of salt and a bowlful of ketchup is what you want. None of that broon sauce either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 One of my customers had lived in Norway, where the large cats(Linx?) are tagged and tracked, like the Red Kites over here, I presume. Someone shot one, so they dropped it off a bridge onto a goods train as it passed underneath! a good hot bonfire is a good option as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 You shot a fox with a microchip in was probably someones pet! :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 I was wondering where fluffy got too :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 the government is tracking us too. if you`ve ever handled a penny, they have got you ! -thats why they keep them in circulation. and some items cost 99p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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