well I did tell you on the phone a month or so ago that among other factors, the poor winters and summers will have had an adverse effect on all wildlife on which the fox rely on not so much in the towns and cities but more so in the countryside. I bet that's the pastures you are referring to in your thread opening?
as for the other debate, there is purpose to all things, and very good purpose to shooting not least, in the form of effective land management, conservation and habitat management and balancing and managing wildlife to promote biodiversity and restore some kind of balance to a