blackthorn Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 on the way to work at shipston this morning, noticed 3 dead foxes within 20 yards of each other on the verge at the side of the road eather been killed and dumped or 3 verry unlucky foxes crossing the road more fuel for the unwashed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Possibly "relocated" ones from in town traps. There are lots of stories of groups of them standing in laybys, lost and not sure what to do. (NOTE: I do mean foxes, not illegal immigrants). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 :blink: now now mr c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackthorn Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 if the trafic werent so bad i would have got out and threw them the other side of the hedge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy111 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Possibly "relocated" ones from in town traps. Not just traps, various Animal rescue places do the same. My predecessor who lived on a farm, so, obviously not many foxes around where he lived, saw 6 foxes in 1 field one night, shot 4 same time and got the other 2 next night. They just sat there, totally bemused. I have seen 2 foxes vertually side by side on the road edge and have heard of bigger groups been found dead. Just don't realise what a major road is, too used to urban street lights. I do know one fact, that certain hunts still have foxes released locally, I have been asked twice(Not by the local hunt, as we don't see eye to eye for obvious reasons) to trap some, but told them that I don't deal in live ones. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackthorn Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 these were moor like throw there, all three looked like they had been grabed by the *** end and thrown in same direction, i think the chance of all three foxes landing in the same position after being hit by a car are verry remote. wish i had stoped and held up the trafic now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 on the way to work at shipston this morning, noticed 3 dead foxes within 20 yards of each other on the verge at the side of the roadeather been killed and dumped or 3 verry unlucky foxes crossing the road :blink: more fuel for the unwashed Would be interesting to know if they had been shot and maybe just dumped over the side on the way home. Its about time the trapping of town foxes and "tranferring"them to the countryside was made illegal as it is with grey squirrels and other vermin. D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Possibly "relocated" ones from in town traps. Not just traps, various Animal rescue places do the same. My predecessor who lived on a farm, so, obviously not many foxes around where he lived, saw 6 foxes in 1 field one night, shot 4 same time and got the other 2 next night. They just sat there, totally bemused. I have seen 2 foxes vertually side by side on the road edge and have heard of bigger groups been found dead. Just don't realise what a major road is, too used to urban street lights. I do know one fact, that certain hunts still have foxes released locally, I have been asked twice(Not by the local hunt, as we don't see eye to eye for obvious reasons) to trap some, but told them that I don't deal in live ones. . I was suggesting they may have been caught in live traps and released there, where they got run over. Four were run over on the A20 near Leeds Castle about five years ago, one of which had a shaven rump and an area where stitches had recently been removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Possibly "relocated" ones from in town traps. Not just traps, various Animal rescue places do the same. My predecessor who lived on a farm, so, obviously not many foxes around where he lived, saw 6 foxes in 1 field one night, shot 4 same time and got the other 2 next night. They just sat there, totally bemused. I have seen 2 foxes vertually side by side on the road edge and have heard of bigger groups been found dead. Just don't realise what a major road is, too used to urban street lights. I do know one fact, that certain hunts still have foxes released locally, I have been asked twice(Not by the local hunt, as we don't see eye to eye for obvious reasons) to trap some, but told them that I don't deal in live ones. . I was suggesting they may have been caught in live traps and released there, where they got run over. Four were run over on the A20 near Leeds Castle about five years ago, one of which had a shaven rump and an area where stitches had recently been removed. :blink: I have heard, but never yet seen one, that the animal charities pay to have the dog foxes castrated before being released, has anyone actually come across a fox treated this way? If thats what they are spending donations on then what a waste when a round of .223 puts the light out. D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 been shooting foxes in my local village for the last four years, a very high percentage of them have been castrated, and some still had the stitches in. its a group of volunteers that do it and release them onto a local landowners ground. been to see her a few times to tell here get it stopped but seem to be wasting my time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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