"Bastette" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:

I would ban any TV programmes that suggest "why don't you feed your
local
foxes and here is someone doing it, look how nice they are"
Foxes are not nice in the conventional sense of trustworthy doggies.
They
are fine as wild animals.
I expect some people will carry on feeding but if they do, they might
come
into your house and bite your babies.

The problem is, even if only some people feed them, they become habituated
to *all* humans. Then, even people who have been responsible and have
refrained from feeding them might still get a visit from a fox. The foxes
aren't going to limit themselves to the babies of people who feed them.

So if someone is continuing to feed foxes or other wild animals, it can
affect everyone. It should be illegal!

It's unfortunate that it has to come to you bringing in the fox hitman,
but
on the other hand, that might reintroduce some fear in the surviving
foxes.

It became pointless when foxman told me that the city vermin controllers,
instead of doing their job, were releasing foxes near here.
So I put my birds into safe houses.

He knew that because he knows what *my * foxes look like. they are country
foxes, mine are dark and slim and the ones were caught were light in colour
and fat.
(not to say a country fox has not met his match here)

The worst was I caught a big fat city fox in my fox trap once. He was
asleep when I discovered him and hardly raised an eyebrow when I discovered
him.
I felt really bad about that one - but he was in my hen run..