Urban Foxes

Andy

If you want to view foxes through rose tinted glasses, then that is up to you.

I shall carry on shooting the things, with the farmers permission of course.

Just remember, farmers are trying to feed us and foxes just kill what we should be eating.

Regards

Mick

 

Mick,

No rose tinted here, just acceptance of reality.

Foxes are also trying to feed themselves.

Regards
Andy

 

...because we killed what they should be eating.

2 points of view that will never be reconciled, just give up now please.

 

The foxes local to our garden did take our guinea pigs as they did our neighbours ducks. It pissed me off, but they are just acting on their instincts.

Cats love killing birds etc. for fun, spray in your vcr and piss on your record collection (at least mine did) but I wouldnt propose hunting them.

I think a little bit of live and let live is in order. Frankly murdering lambs for food isnt cool in my opinion and whether man or fox be the cause of death I dont think there's much difference to the lamb.

Farmers should stick to growing plants and maybe branch out into holding raves.

 

Farmers!

We have a lovely little river round here, the local trust has spent thousands of pounds and hours cleaning the river up. We introduced alot of fish, plants wildlife etc. A couple of years ago it got to the point were salmon were being seen and otter's had returned. Since then Ive lost count of the times stocks have been wiped out due to farmers poisoning the water, its okay fining them but it doesnt stop them. They keep coming back with the "its our living" argument. Farmers are far from keepers of the land. And for what its worth, I doubt very much a fox kills for fun.

 

With this kind of argument there would no elephants, wolves, beaver, name it, left. Tigers are on the verge of extinction, and so are many other species. Not counting those species gone for ever.

The only real pests (rats and locust) seem to be the only species man can do nothing (wrong) about. Strange.

 

We have interfered with nature. My dog killed a cat, its what they do, the cat killed birds, birds kill worms. I feel sorry for the worm? Animals shouldn't be pets really. I like seeing foxes in my garden, although my neighbour (who keeps chickens) doesn't.

 

And we all know who are the biggest killers of them all............Mick has acounted for many a fox on his own.

 

Mick

next time your in SE london and have your shotgun handy let me know.

John

 

Mick - a natural response might be to ask you what redeeming virtues you have yourself?

 

Next natural response might be to ask you what you do of use and what purpose you serve? Compare and contrast...

 

did you know - there are twice as many cats as there are dogs, there as twice as many birds / mice as there are cats, there are as twice as many insects / worms as there are birds etc...the animal chain is wonderful....

 

Are there twice as many dogs as there are humans?

 

No, But twice as much dog poo.

 

well...this is a tricky one...since it seems that only the thais eat dogs then you would have thought this to be true there, but I guess there aren't many at all....