jigsaw 11,875 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 http://blog.theanimalrescuesite.com/mommafox/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=arsfan&utm_campaign=mommafox&utm_term=20140930#Fw0YY0MbrgLLq7ll.01 sweet or what Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David.evans 5,323 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Some times it's nice to be nice ! Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Plummerterrier 291 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Don't mind seeing this or other foxes in folks gardens if it doesn't bother them.im out foxing once a week on my perms usually yet when I go to my parents who feed foxes I can sit and watch them all night and never have an urge to reach for my gun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RemyBolt 420 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 That's cool. Foxes are an important part of UK wildlife, so I'm pleased with that. We have some friends who feed the foxes and badgers in their garden. They even recognised mange in one of the foxes and treated the food. They watch it all on CCTV the next day, really cute stuff. When they're like that, you can't call foxes a pest. So really it becomes illegal to shoot them. If they're not damaging property or killing livestock/live-flock, then shooting them would be against the law. Wildlife act. Having said that, if I was out with a 12 gauge and saw a fox around one of the chicken farms I shoot at...safety off........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
danw 1,748 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 That's cool. Foxes are an important part of UK wildlife, so I'm pleased with that. We have some friends who feed the foxes and badgers in their garden. They even recognised mange in one of the foxes and treated the food. They watch it all on CCTV the next day, really cute stuff. When they're like that, you can't call foxes a pest. So really it becomes illegal to shoot them. If they're not damaging property or killing livestock/live-flock, then shooting them would be against the law. Wildlife act. Having said that, if I was out with a 12 gauge and saw a fox around one of the chicken farms I shoot at...safety off........... fox have no protection in law what so ever other than the hunting act please copy and paste the part of the WCA that proves otherwise Quote Link to post Share on other sites
R.A.W 1,987 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 That's cool. Foxes are an important part of UK wildlife, so I'm pleased with that. We have some friends who feed the foxes and badgers in their garden. They even recognised mange in one of the foxes and treated the food. They watch it all on CCTV the next day, really cute stuff. When they're like that, you can't call foxes a pest. So really it becomes illegal to shoot them. If they're not damaging property or killing livestock/live-flock, then shooting them would be against the law. Wildlife act. Having said that, if I was out with a 12 gauge and saw a fox around one of the chicken farms I shoot at...safety off........... Just because they are taking a free meal in a persons garden doesn't mean they won't kill every chicken in next doors chicken run. They are not humans so let's not forget how they're brains work. I like to see them about the place as much as the next person but inviting them into our gardens is a bad idea. As soon as they lose they're fear of man they become a danger Ask anyone that has been bitten by one how much it hurts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RemyBolt 420 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 That's cool. Foxes are an important part of UK wildlife, so I'm pleased with that. We have some friends who feed the foxes and badgers in their garden. They even recognised mange in one of the foxes and treated the food. They watch it all on CCTV the next day, really cute stuff. When they're like that, you can't call foxes a pest. So really it becomes illegal to shoot them. If they're not damaging property or killing livestock/live-flock, then shooting them would be against the law. Wildlife act. Having said that, if I was out with a 12 gauge and saw a fox around one of the chicken farms I shoot at...safety off........... fox have no protection in law what so ever other than the hunting act please copy and paste the part of the WCA that proves otherwise I stand corrected! Just checked that what I had been told against the legislation, and what I had been told, and thus what I had repeated was wrong. So I apologise. http://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/wildlife/laws *More common animals, such as the fox or rabbit, are not protected* Just goes to show, do your own research and don't believe everything you're told. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
treecreeper 1,136 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Take any thing the rspca say with a pinch of salt. Feeding wild animals only ever causes more problems imho. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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