letting fox's go

[badgeroy 3]

Thats the second one they have released and i wonder if its because they dont have any means of culling them, if so they should not be trapping fox's. I remember a while ago a newspaper article about a pesty in my local area who took fox, shot and trapped he would give the client the choice of eliminating or releasing but if released he would release them all in the same place i believe on a large area of railway sidings, pity the local residents wondering where all the fox's were coming from.

Edited August 30, 2009 by badgeroy

[stubby 175]

Thats the second one they have released and i wonder if its because they dont have any means of culling them,

 

good point roy, and probably the correct reason, thats what prompted me to apply for a SGC, purely for dispatching foxes in live catch traps

[Matt 160]

Edited September 7, 2009 by Matt the Rat

[stubby 175]

wondered if I should have taken a leaf out of the "rat packs" book, when I found this lad waiting for me this morning in the trap

 

 

[WILF 46,525]

They were adverstising in our local paper Stubby for release sites.......the whole area is allready lifting with them.

They just roam the streets in the daytime even round here!!.........

[bobndog 0]

Interesting article by Robin Page;

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/32989...iary-foxes.html

[micky 3,325]

I'm glad other people have picked up on this. I am under the impression that it is illegal to release any vermin back into the wild. Interesting to see what comes of it

 

The subject of releasing 'vermin' keeps coming up.

 

There is no specific law preventing the release of pest species except 'alien' species (Grey Squirrels, Mink etc).

 

While it is obvious to most of us that it is irresponsible and immoral to release pests (and also unlikely to be effective), there is no specific law to stop it.

I pick the odd cub up in rabbit snares and usually let them go ,the places i go in Leicestershire have hunting connections,and foxs are not considered,or called vermin,in fact the only things called vermin around Melton Mowbray,are ,rats, mice ,and people who shoot foxs,after xmas ,i ferret on a couple of shooting estates ,and the odd charlie turns up in a purse net ,this rare visitor will get a tap with the grafter for his trouble

[Cleanspade 3,322]

like the picture of the running fox. interesting to note the foxes ear position he's going forward but knows whats going on behind him.

 

there are that many urban foxes around me that it is becoming a nigtmare just walking the dogs.

[bignoel 14]

you can re release a fox but only where it came from which defeats the whole object of the job .? under the wildlife animal abandiment act 1961 you can not release a fox or any animal into a different area known as dumping .spring traps live traps and sticky boards have to be checked at least every 12 hours not see you in a couple of days attitude .but you can get the client to check them for you and give you a call.

 

I'm not going to defend these two muppets on the TV, and I would always dispatch a fox caught, but you are wrong on a couple of points there Noel.

 

• The abandonment of animals act relates to 'domestic' animals, not wild animals. It could, in theory still be used, but it never has been.
  
• There is NO legal requirement to check glue boards every 12 hours. There is, however, a code of practice which recommends checks twice daily.
  
• There is no legal requirement to check spring traps each day UNLESS they are set for rabbits or hares.
  

 

There is also the protection of animals act 1911, and the protection of mammals act 1996, both of which relate to 'causing un-necessary suffering' to any animal.

 

matt you will find it does relate to foxes and other wild animals .

 

 

* The law requires traps to be inspected at least once every day. BASC recommends inspection at least twice a day and as soon after dawn as is practicable.

.atb noel

Edited August 30, 2009 by bignoel

[.terrier man. 193]

SOME OF YOU SOUND LIKE ANTIS, WHO CARES ABOUT LETTING IT GO, IF YOU GOT ONE IN YOUR TRAP KILL IT BECAUSE FOXES ARE PESTS

[Matt 160]

Edited September 7, 2009 by Matt the Rat

[hobnob 0]

hi i saw on a bbc show last night (the rat pack) they captured a fox cub and then let it go in broad day light in a public park. what are the laws on letting go or culling any fox's caught in a live capture cage?

cheers

it is illegal to release a fox when caught in a live trap or snare (it must be killed humanly)The BBC get away with it because thy are anti blood sports. B*****ds

[Matt 160]

Edited September 7, 2009 by Matt the Rat

[lurcher lass 9]

what people seem to forget is that this is the only programme - to my knowledge anyways, that has pest control with dogs shone in a good light, instead of all of you saying their shit we should be rubbing our hands smilling, - i agree his lamping rabbits went poor etc and perhaps thay shouldn'd have killed a mouse, but anyone who works their dogs KNOWS that once the dog is in the zone and a movement of similar size happens OF COURSE the terrier killed it, he was in the zone!

in regards to the fox cub being released . . its london so no livestock!! it was a healthy happy fox cub who went from garden to park as quick as poss no taming nonsense, plus with the town people actually liking their foxes and hating the rats, surely this shows pest control is not about mass murder but animal management and population control, i think the programme is a good thing for the hunting community to be honest . .

[stubby 175]

you right lurcher lass, I think the program, no matter what they do, can only put light on the whole pest control/wildlife management thing, but something I learnt from an early age in retail,

 

"the customer is always right"

 

and that customer wanted the fox dead, it was west london, so Im sure they charged a nice price for removal, only to let it go, the customer, I doubt will call them again when he gets a fox, which he will do