wildlife centres

[bignoel 14]

just dont have a clue .i had to set a fox trap in a garden in Sutton to catch a vixen she has 4 cubs aswell .now the local wildlife officer .told the client to get me to catch the vixen then to dispatch her and then they would return and catch the cub's for relocation ??? [wildlife animal abandonment act 1961 amended 2006 remains the same its illegal ] i have explained this to the client it is not illegal if they release them in the same area which in turn they will return ?? if they are to be re released in the country could she ask them at what age they are to be released and who will teach them to hunt and KILL and fend for them selfs urban foxes living in the countryside a no no .

 

now this has got me thinking wildlife centres who do take in many fox cubs this time each year do re release and do relocate them as seen on TV . but as a wild animal do they feed them live mice rats squirrels rabbits pheasant chicken .as thats what they will be hunting in the wild

and how do they prepare them for this

[Urban Fox Control London 8]

I have just completed a trapping treatment inside a sealed building site in North London.

 

A very trap shy dog fox had been living in the ceiling voids of the building urinating, fouling and damaging the newly installed fabrication.

 

Anyway, I trapped it this morning.

 

On close inspection it only had 3 legs, heavily infested with sarcopic mange and very under weight (probably due to internal parasitic worms).

 

On closer inspection, the missing leg had clearly been surgically amputated and neatly stitched up.

 

To carry out this type of procedure on a domestic pet would cost over £3K+ including anaethetics, x-rays, antibiotics and after care.

 

Do the hard working public know where their donations are going?

 

Was it in the public interest to carry out this type of operation and was it in the foxes interest and welfare to release it back into the wild in this state?

 

 

Needless to say it was humanely dispatched.

Edited April 29, 2011 by Urban Fox Control London

[J Darcy 5,871]

I have just completed a trapping treatment inside a sealed building site in North London.

 

A very trap shy dog fox had been living in the ceiling voids of the building urinating, fouling and damaging the newly installed fabrication.

 

Anyway, I trapped it this morning.

 

On close inspection it only had 3 legs, heavily infested with sarcopic mange and very under weight (probably due to internal parasitic worms).

 

On closer inspection, the missing leg had clearly been surgically amputated and neatly stitched up.

 

To carry out this type of procedure on a domestic pet would cost over £3K+ including anaethetics, x-rays, antibiotics and after care.

 

Do the hard working public know where their donations are going?

 

Was it in the public interest to carry out this type of operation and was it in the foxes interest and welfare to release it back into the wild in this state?

 

 

Needless to say it was humanely dispatched.

 

 

Hi, do you have any photographs of this?. cheers

[heart of wales 19]

Would they be so keen as to trap and release rats into their houses,as they are to release foxes on to fields that arent theirs

Do gooders havent got a clue all wind in the willows walt disney I blame