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Old 21-10-2014, 11:44 AM #1
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We have a bit of an urban fox problem where I live, what would be the best humane way of treating it?
I'm going to contact the council as they are getting fat too tame.

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Find out the source of their feeding and put a stop to it, someone must be feeding them or leaving out food that they can easily get to.

You can buy some sort of repellents too I think, to scare them off, they mark their territory so it must make them think it's already marked by another group of foxes or something like that?
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We have wheelie bins so wouldn't think they could get in but they must be coming for something like you say, will ask about.
Will look into the repellents, big dogs aren't enough of a repellant that's for sure you would think the scent of my dog would deter them but nooooo.
Duke thinks their droppings are delish too
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Could someone be feeding it in secret?
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Couple of months ago on Jeremy Vine they had a guy who's makes a living as a 'fox sniper' in urban areas, could give him a call
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It? Them you mean there's lots :/ they 'fight' on a night and it sounds awful!
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We have a bit of an urban fox problem where I live, what would be the best humane way of treating it?
I'm going to contact the council as they are getting fat too tame.

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I quiet like the eerie barking sound they make. I don't mind urban foxes they the rat and mouse population down, leave them alone Kizzy
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Give them some kefir yogurt.
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Not very humane!
Indeed, we have not established what the issue is anyway.
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Urban foxes are pests and attack babies and pets
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Maybe its a crack fox?
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Awww i love foxes

I don't like them screaming in the night though

Lots of people feed them scraps at this time of year, i have an aunty who does this (even though i tell her not to!)
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there is a fox over population problem, and as their numbers grow the more they will need to go in to populated areas to get food. I hate them, they are a pest, their population needs to be controlled.
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they need to be killed off, there are too many... (Not in a way where they get chased, that's awful... but farmers need to be able to keep their sheep/chickens etc safe, cause foxes are the worst killers)

and this is coming from someone who loves foxes
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they need to be killed off, there are too many... (Not in a way where they get chased, that's awful... but farmers need to be able to keep their sheep/chickens etc safe, cause foxes are the worst killers)

and this is coming from someone who loves foxes
This is a thread on urban foxes, not too many sheep or chickens live in the city
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I saw an urban fox is Glasgow the other day


She had nipples like bullets and an ankle bone you could slice soft tomatoes with
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