Fox dumping

[shovel leaner 7,650]

A keeper I know sent me this picture of a fox his new beat keeper shot on Monday. The leg looks too neat to have healed naturally. In fact I’ve shot foxes with legs missing before and the bone is visible (like a chicken ) . 
              He thinks it a fox that’s been released by some well meaning but misguided charity . What do you think ?

[pengelli 375]

Could be mate used to do the fox control on a hill farm up here with hounds and terriers lurchers and few guns caught a few that were deff dumped there nearest village to this spot was about ten mile away had a few with stich marks on inside of legs and abdomen deff had some surgery of some kind totally fearless of humans farmer was working on tractor one day in the yard and looked up and one was couple metres away sitting watching him had one on the middle of a stubble field with lurchers just sat there watching them speeding towards it didn't bat an eye these foxes were deff dumped there 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Nothing new boys. The most common are the RSPCA and pesties that their clients don't want the fox destroyed and have some idyllic scenario in their tiny minds!

[Gav 1,708]

Looks like the one that got out of my gin trap

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Happy to have as many as they can spare ,all fodder for the 223 .

[shovel leaner 7,650]

1 hour ago, foxdropper said:

Happy to have as many as they can spare ,all fodder for the 223 .

They keep dumping them , we’ll keep shooting them

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Tell them to drop off up North will you

[smithie 2,444]

I used to lamp fox with a guy local and he shot 1 that had a back leg stitched. Somebody kept releasing them so he went back to them fields if it looked like he might blank. Always seemed to be something about there for him.

 

[ianm 2,594]

I know a bloke who runs a shoot on a large expanse of agricultural land and he spotted a big white van parked up near a wood one night just before dark. He set off to try to get to it before they left but didn't manage to. He had suspicions of someone dumping foxes for a while so he went home and got his lamp and rifle. He finished up shooting eleven in less than an hour.

[shovel leaner 7,650]

The shoot where that fox was shot has a busy A road next to it and there is a lay-by and a little bit of a pull in tucked away alongside. The same thing happened there,  a white van was spotted in there and it pulled off before they could get the reg number.When the keeper got there ,  there was a fox sprawled out warming it’s belly on the tarmac . They shot a lot of foxes over the next couple of nights. This has happened a few times . I hope they read these posts and realise what an exercise in futility releasing urban foxes in the countryside is . It’s actually cruel .

[Sausagedog 7,381]

3 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

The shoot where that fox was shot has a busy A road next to it and there is a lay-by and a little bit of a pull in tucked away alongside. The same thing happened there,  a white van was spotted in there and it pulled off before they could get the reg number.When the keeper got there ,  there was a fox sprawled out warming it’s belly on the tarmac . They shot a lot of foxes over the next couple of nights. This has happened a few times . I hope they read these posts and realise what an exercise in futility releasing urban foxes in the countryside is . It’s actually cruel .

How I understand the law, it's illegal.

But hey what do I know, I've been accused of breaking the law but no one could show me any written law....go figure.

[walshie 2,804]

43 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

How I understand the law, it's illegal.

But hey what do I know, I've been accused of breaking the law but no one could show me any written law....go figure.

There is no law against releasing foxes. It never works out well for them though.

[Sausagedog 7,381]

7 minutes ago, walshie said:

There is no law against releasing foxes. It never works out well for them though.

It can be argued as cruel and cruelty is illegal to any wild animal.

[walshie 2,804]

26 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

It can be argued as cruel and cruelty is illegal to any wild animal.

True. I should have said there is no specific law. 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

13 minutes ago, walshie said:

True. I should have said there is no specific law.