TomV Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12573364 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesbach Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 released back onto the street...have they learned nothing from those kids attacked not so long ago.....!!!!! "pest control...! HA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloke Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 A question for the pest controllers on the site - I seem to remember reading somewhere that it is illegal to release a fox back into the wild, that they should be destroyed if caught. Am I wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenix Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I thought it was only non native species (grey squirrel, etc) that had to be killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 A question for the pest controllers on the site - I seem to remember reading somewhere that it is illegal to release a fox back into the wild, that they should be destroyed if caught. Am I wrong? I dont thinks its illegal as such, on the grounds your saying, but it is illegal, cruelty to animals act etc, to take a wild animal and remove it from one area, and release into another, new enviroment,no terroitary etc, your then techniqually causing pain and suffering/starvation etc to an animal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 "Woops it slipped" would have been a better ending to that story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloke Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I dont thinks its illegal as such, on the grounds your saying, but it is illegal, cruelty to animals act etc, to take a wild animal and remove it from one area, and release into another, new enviroment,no terroitary etc, your then techniqually causing pain and suffering/starvation etc to an animal Thanks for that, sir - I think it was some bizarre documentary on urban foxes that I heard somone say it, obviously either they were wrong or my memory is wrong (More than likely!), cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne78 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I dont thinks its illegal as such, on the grounds your saying, but it is illegal, cruelty to animals act etc, to take a wild animal and remove it from one area, and release into another, new enviroment,no terroitary etc, your then techniqually causing pain and suffering/starvation etc to an animal I seem to remember a documentary on BBC1 about a couple of pest controllers from West London who caught our ginger mates in peoples back gardens and then released them in into the 'country' ah bless. Surely releasing an Urban into the great outdoors is deemed cruel. Best off putting it out of its misery before the poxy thing finds its way back to someone else neighbourhood and they get paid all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosshair Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Wayn78. You are right they do rehabilitate them, as they call it. The trapped foxes were sometimes shot, but if the old dear that employed them said she prefered them to be released into the countryside, that's what they did. Not unusual to come accross them in the country, usually very tame compared to the natural one's, and a lot easier to "erhum" control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duncan Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I seem to remember a documentary on BBC1 about a couple of pest controllers from West London who caught our ginger mates in peoples back gardens and then released them in into the 'country' ah bless. Surely releasing an Urban into the great outdoors is deemed cruel. Best off putting it out of its misery before the poxy thing finds its way back to someone else neighbourhood and they get paid all over again. A mate of mine's Dad used to trap moles professionally many years ago and was in the habit of taking a bags worth of the mole hill soil when he'd caught the offending beasts and got paid. A week after the paid service of trapping the moles he'd lay some 'new' mole hills from the bag of soil he had gleaned and wait for the call to say that the customer had more moles to deal with. Sounds similar to the pest controllers catch and release game! They aren't salmon guys! Duncan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 (edited) A joke............... right? Romeo has now been released on the streets of Bermondsey F.F.S. No doubt Romeo will go and eat 2 more children in their bedroom now! The world has gone mad! Edited February 26, 2011 by Dekers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmitemania Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 A joke............... right? Romeo has now been released on the streets of Bermondsey F.F.S. No doubt Romeo will go and eat 2 more children in their bedroom now! The world has gone mad! They make it seem all so natrual that a fox should be wandering the streets in a big city, what the hell is wrong with everybody, Bunny huging liberals, as for calling him Romeo I think a bit of sick has just come up in my mouth, I bet they dont think ofn foxes when they step in what they think is dogs**t or blame cats for tiping the bins out. IDIOTS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Chill out boys. It's only a fox. There's thousands of them roaming around London, one more won't make any difference. At least it won't be attacking any livestock, and let's be honest dogs do far more damage to the human population than foxes. Can't see a problem myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Chill out boys. It's only a fox. There's thousands of them roaming around London, one more won't make any difference. At least it won't be attacking any livestock, and let's be honest dogs do far more damage to the human population than foxes. Can't see a problem myself. Clearly you have never had the bins ripped open all over the street, or had a pet with mange, or been woken up at 3 am with noises that sound something like a baby screaming...... I can state they are a poxy nuisance in urban areas and if I could stroll the streets with shotgun and lamp at night I bet I wold be in double figures every week without too much trouble. Urban foxes are everywhere (urban) in very high numbers and something needs to be done very drastically. I persoanlly wrote to my MP and got fobbed off by the councill who claim 'culling does not reduce numbers long term.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Clearly you have never had the bins ripped open all over the street, or had a pet with mange, or been woken up at 3 am with noises that sound something like a baby screaming...... I can state they are a poxy nuisance in urban areas and if I could stroll the streets with shotgun and lamp at night I bet I wold be in double figures every week without too much trouble. Urban foxes are everywhere (urban) in very high numbers and something needs to be done very drastically. I persoanlly wrote to my MP and got fobbed off by the councill who claim 'culling does not reduce numbers long term.' Cats were ripping open bin bags long before the prolification of the urban fox, and to be honest the dustmen make more of a mess than all the foxes and cats put together. I live 2 minutes walk from a busy town centre and have seen plenty of foxes around, yet have never had any of the problems you mention. I'm far more likely to be woken up by the drunken antics of students making there way back to their digs at 3am than a fox. Perhaps they should be 'dealt with'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Cats were ripping open bin bags long before the prolification of the urban fox, and to be honest the dustmen make more of a mess than all the foxes and cats put together. I live 2 minutes walk from a busy town centre and have seen plenty of foxes around, yet have never had any of the problems you mention. I'm far more likely to be woken up by the drunken antics of students making there way back to their digs at 3am than a fox. Perhaps they should be 'dealt with'? No, where I live in west London is rather quiet, around the winter months the foxes are unbearable. Having a bedroom that faces the front and being a fairly light sleeper I can 100% confirm its not students (not much nightlife around my home) and I know its foxes because I curtain twitch like an old pervert to check. Don't tell me what I have seen/heard, I was there actually. And when a cat can pull a 4/5kg bag 3 yards onto the pavement I'll let you know ASAP. Also in front of my halls there are no foxes, because at every hour of the day a steady stream of 1500 students living in the block stumble past at all hours, and if they make noise I don't get annoyed because I know the next night I'll be the one dragging myself home, hopefully with something to hold onto.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Don't tell me what I have seen/heard, I was there actually. And when a cat can pull a 4/5kg bag 3 yards onto the pavement I'll let you know ASAP. Please do. And when I see a fox that breaks car ariels, puts bollards on car roofs and throws up all over the pavement I'll let you know ASAP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Please do. And when I see a fox that breaks car ariels, puts bollards on car roofs and throws up all over the pavement I'll let you know ASAP If you are referring to students, and you clearly are please don't tar us all with the same brush. Some of us do our work and enjoy a light ale or two. Of course there are some (a minority) who can't help but let the inner yobbo come out when they are drunk and pull wally moves as you have described above. Ohh and by the way, I always wait until I'm hugging a freezing cold white toilet bowl to unleash my chunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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