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Old 23-08-2008, 10:08 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Rusty Hinge 2 Rusty Hinge 2 is offline
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Well, I'd agree about that!

Why is it that the 'final solution' is suggested for foxes but when
people ask about other vermin such as the cat a different approach is
always suggested. Cats do a lot more damage in an urban environment than
foxes ever will.


I don't know many gamekeepers who have a lot of affection for cats, and
that's not for any damage a cat will do to stock, but their effect on
songbirds.

If you have problems with urban foxes the solution is to trap them and
release them back into the countryside where they truly belong.


This is the sort of nonsense which shows where you are coming from.

a) A town

b) Total ignorance

Urban foxes live by scavenging. Transfer them into the countryside and
they die of starvation if no-one shoots them first.

Local
fox lovers have had a recent mass release of urban foxes in North
Dengie area with no reported complaints from the locals. This appears
to be an ideal win win solution for the cats problem - the cat is
removed from urban gardens where it is not wanted and the cats are not
killed in the process!


talk yto a gamekeeper of a MFH, or someone who knows foxes.

But I doubt if you'd listen.

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