ShootingEgg Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Was talking to my aunt today, she lives in devon near ashcombe park, has a heard of cattle and sheep, and the odd chicken and duck. She has two lads who go out with nv and do the pest control, they bagged two dog foxes a few nights back but when they picked them they found both had had the crown jewels removed.... Would these possibly be urban foxes that have been caught snipped then re released? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Yes, most definately. I have known of foxes being shot, and when picked up, have scar wounds where they have been stitched after being operated on. RSPCA have been known to release captured/injured urban foxes, thinking that they are 'doing good'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted March 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 At what poibt do they think this is in anyway good for a wild aninmal, urban or not. If urban, moving to the middle of no where in countryside is just sending it to its grave as its used to going to a nice bin with waste in it, not a field with grubs a dead animal or lame rabbit.... Jokers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolkngood Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Don't need fancy calls for urban foxes on holiday in the country. Just park up and throw your KFC chicken bones out the window and they'll come running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 90 Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 I happened upon 5 foxes one night whilst out with my Hmr & NV shooting rabbits - they all seemed disorientated - 3 of them sorted there & then, the other 2 fell a bit later definitely been released Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted March 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Just don't get the logic.. They think.they are helping yet more than likely to be causing more harm.than good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Well known around here too. I've regularly shot dog and vixen foxes that have shaved patches on their flanks. The really sad bit is that the RSPCA / whichever numpties are doing this are releasing foxes out into rural areas, when the main bit of hunting these foxes do is bin raiding from behind McD's or KFC wrappers. So they associate humanity with food sources. When released out into the countryside, they are starving after a few days, and end up in/around farms. Game over. Would be far more humane for them to just dispatch them at the time, but I suppose they're scared of donations drying up if word got out. Oh well, means we all keep 'good reason' without any difficulty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Whilst I can understand the logic behind releasing foxes that have undergone some sort of operation I can not see the logic of, say the RPCA, castrating caught up town foxes for the sake of it. I know they are a bit bonkers, but neutering foxes before releasing back into the wild seems crazy even for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennym Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Maybe it's a NEW landowner who is an anti... So instead of shooting them they catch them & lop their nuts of,... So they could live long & happy lives with no chance of breeding..... A long celibate life?... Shoot me now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 A lot of pest control companies re-release trapped foxes because they have no humane way of legally killing them and no way of disposing of the carcasses as commercial waste without incurring a high cost if they did. They definitely don't neuter them first though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 A couple of years ago we had 22 in the fox traps in 3 months most of them just sat and looked at you with no fear and one had a docked tail as neat as my springer,the wild ones went mental as you went near the traps, we can only put that amount down to them being released on the country park opposite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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