On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:27:25 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"lloyd" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:03:36 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Mike" wrote in message
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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:10:57 -0500, Steve Barron
wrote:


Love them or hate them, foxes cause not only damage to our lawns and
steal our tools, but are capable of transmitting diseases via their
treacle-like faeces and strong odour urine such as leptospirosis (weil's
disease) and toxocaris, not to mention the internal & external parasites
they will almost definately be carrying. Under The Abandonement Act
1960, it is illegal to release foxes once trapped; therefore, the only
humane and legal solution is to safely dispatch them. I am professional
Urban Fox Controller working in North & East London areas, spending most
of my time in schools, colleges, commercial and residential properties.
I am often called in by gardeners due to the constant digging up of
lawns and flower beds and the unpleasant fouling left behind. for more
information, my website is www.pestgo4u.com

A domestic dog has the same chance of contracting leptospirosis as a
fox .. urban or otherwise. So do we shoot stray dogs ?


Yes, that is true, they can get it from rats unless you inoculate your own
dogs against it, which you should as a responsible owner.
When was the last time you saw a stray dog? Unless it accidently escaped
from its home.

As a poultry keeper, I have no problem with the post although digging up
flower beds is not a problem, killing my chickens is, especially during
the
day.

A dog, fence, lama and that other furry thing are excellent guards for
free range animals. If your animals are being killed you're neglecting
their welfare, blaming foxes is just copping out.

I had most of my chickens once killed by a fox in the day, when I got home
from work it was still killing
It ran away when I saw it, leaving 22 dead and the end of my project.

Hopefully you learned a little about how chickens should not be looked
after, and now do it properly!

Yes, anyone who can put foxes out is good.

You blame the fox for your incompetence? If you cannot look after your
chickens properly perhaps you should question keeping them, although
it sounds like they are expected to keep themselves in your world!



Oh, do get real, lloyd!
I've kept chickens for 30 years- your experience with them is exactly what?

That's irrelevant. If the chickens were looked after properly there
would be no issue.

Foxes are a perfect nuisance for poultry keepers.

Only those who don't know how to look after chickens, or worse don't
care how they look after them.

I'm afraid if they come
here in the day after my poultry they get a piece of lead in their ear.

That's your choice, but don't dress it up like you're doing the world
a favour by wantonly killing an animal that is only struggling to
survive.

Just because you keep chickens doesn't make you a good keeper by any
stretch. A good keeper can live side by side with nature instead of
trying to destroy it.