Glynn Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Hi does anyone know if there are any laws about where you release trapped foxes i own a small poulty farm 22acres with my parents where we also keep rare breed sheep and pigs. over the last 2 months twice i have seen a 2 groups of adult foxes one 3 and one 4 just sitting around one of our fields looking a bit confused each time 2 foxes were delt with by myself but it did not seem right as they did not run or seem to know what wa happening when speaking to one of my friends he suggested that maybe they were urban foxes that had been released there so i was just wondering if there was any regulations about this and if so i guess releasing them next to a poultry farm is not the best of ideas. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badshot Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 don't know legality of it, other than thought foxes were classed as vermin and releasing vermin is illegal i think. We have spells on our farm of too many foxes in the garden. We shot 22 foxes in one month, all in the garden a couple of years back. It is somewhat frustrating for us as sheep farmers trying to keep on top of the job, only to get a load of illegal immigrants dumped on our doorstep. so i know what you mean when you say bad idea next to poultry farm. If anyone has any advice on the subject be most interested to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 We get it often here, a friend of the wifes is a nature warden and they have found vans tipping foxes out on the nature reserve, our shoot is next door so we mop them up before they get too wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Its illegal but does happen just do what you have to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taff Mason Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 it can't be illegal, i saw the RSPCA on tv a while back releasing foxes back into the wild. as far as i'm aware its only illegal to release non native species such as grey squirels ect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badshot Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 it can't be illegal, i saw the RSPCA on tv a while back releasing foxes back into the wild. as far as i'm aware its only illegal to release non native species such as grey squirels ect. Surely if the rspca does it, it must be legal Every organisation has it's place and foxes etc is not it. Don't mind sorting the problem out but it is a pain in the butt as my dogs go nuts for a fox in the garden and have a tendency to wake up an already over worked person at what can only be described as an extremely unsociable hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realtreedave Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 theres a keeper up the road from where i shoot,shoots up to 30 foxes in one field in a night regulary when a certain white luton van is seen going down the lane,some of those foxes have scaring and signs of quite expensive surgery on them.nice to see money being well spent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth Stalker Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 I heard from a reliable source that there is a £1000 reward for photographic / filmed evidence of the relocation of urban foxes by pest controllers into the countryside SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realtreedave Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 I heard from a reliable source that there is a £1000 reward for photographic / filmed evidence of the relocation of urban foxes by pest controllers into the countryside :blink: SS have you seen wildlife rescue on animal planet .that idiot is always taking them of somewhere at night and letting them go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 I heard from a reliable source that there is a £1000 reward for photographic / filmed evidence of the relocation of urban foxes by pest controllers into the countryside Wish l had my camera on me then a couple of weeks back, walked right past a white (undoubtably RSPCA) van (on private land) when a bloke was sat inside on the phone. Oh and l watched him through the bino's release at least 2 foxes out of cat cage things.... Needless to say 2 more foxes were shot the other night, both were lamped and were walked to (i'd say 75 yards) .... We had this discussion on here quite a bit, ask Baldrick, same down his way as l recall - illegal or not, releasing them onto land which they have no permission to do so should be illegal, but that doesn't stop them. I recently got .308 signed of one one of the bits of land i shoot as they seem to increase in numbers despite us knocking hell out of them. Was using the 10 bore at one point (got too expensive) - so now using MOD (RG) ammo in the .308 or if l can be bothered HV's in the .22rf T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 animal abandoment act 1961 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 animal abandoment act 1961 . does this mean your exile is over. welcome back. now tell us about the 243.please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 animal abandoment act 1961 . Hello again. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancashireunter Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 You can release them into the area they have come from or onto a piece of land where you have the owners permission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Tommo's right, we get a lot of foxes released here. My shooting buddy is a veterinary surgeon, who inspects every fox we shoot. He confirms that releasing is a standard activity for the RSPCA, and many vets' practices. I've watched releases myself, and shot more than enough foxes bearing clear signs of surgical intervention to know that plenty of vet practices and animal welfare groups are doing it. I do enjoy undoing the good work of the RSPCA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taff Mason Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 shoot them as soon as they're released in full view of the rspca an i don't think they'll bother releasing them in that area ever again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 does this mean your exile is over. welcome back. now tell us about the 243.please. what would you like to know mark .she is a remi 7 with a 17. 1/2 inch barrel T8 mod and now got a S & B scope on her and loves the 100gr throu the 1-10 twist very good grouping at 100 yrds .well pleased . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 what would you like to know mark .she is a remi 7 with a 17. 1/2 inch barrel T8 mod and now got a S & B scope on her and loves the 100gr throu the 1-10 twist very good grouping at 100 yrds .well pleased . good do N. get some pics up please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 as soon as i sort out my computor i can load them then it wipes my camera clean and i cant find them on my computor ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_R Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hi Noel, it sounds like you have installed some software that is automating the process of taking pics off your camera and deleting from the card. Is this something that came with the camera? There must be an easy answer, as things don't just vanish. I know this is off topic, so if you want to take this to a different section or even drop me a line feel free. I also have some software knocking around that can recover lost photos from a card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 john you have hit it on the head exactly what happens ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Noel, download Picasa 3 from Google. It's a brilliant and simple bit of photo-editing software, and allows you to switch on/off the auto-delete function. http://picasa.google.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1979 Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 will someone release some round ere!!! you have my permission!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_R Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Noel, Picassa is not bad software, so that is a good suggestion, though I have heard of a few PCs struggling with the latest version. I am still on Picassa 2, but actually that is mostly because I forgot all about it, and these days use Lightroom which is a pretty serious package. However the first thing you need to do in un-install whatever is kicking in as soon as you plug in the camera/card. Can you tell us what this software is called, and where it came from? Either that or simply open that software with no camera/card attached and see if you can change settings so it stops doing this. If it is on a laptop I don't mind if you want to drop by and show me. I am really busy else I would visit when out and about. If it can wait a few weeks I'll be a little less pressured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Releasing foxes is probably illegal but the RSPCA certainly do it, however they are a law unto themselves and as such untouchable. There are a number of pest control companies who offer "humane" trapping of urban foxes so that the little housewives who pay them about £60+ per fox can know that the fox is going to have a nice long life with all its friends in the country. Actually, the same arguement applies to squirrels and its the same pest control companies that are re-releasing them as well. I would actually like to know what the law is on this because I have often been told its illegal but I don't know which law is being broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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