wannabeeahack wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
Maybe its because of my rural and farming upbringing but I think fox numbers, deer numbers and badger numbers need some form of population control, people are dying through Car/deer strikes, badgers and foxes are mangling car front ends...it never used to happen as much years go because there were more game keepers and also fewer cars.
townies view foxes as cute fluffy little puppies....not savage killing machines
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -baby.htmlFrom a townie who now lives semi rural.
The argument that townies do not understand is abysmal.
I had it put to me that foxes kill for the sake of it, (no argument there) and that they also rip their prey apart bit by bit, ( no argument there either). The point that I do not get is that people try to justify ripping an animal apart by dressing it up as a sport! and then saying "well the fox does exactly the same (ripping it apart)" - so there. A putrid point/argument to say the least.
My point is this; The fox does not know any different - we as apparent intelligent human beings do! Foxes are recognised as a killer/menace, as such, they need to be trapped and destroyed humanely. Ripping any live animal apart is abhorrent.