Hunting defence
Regarding the letter (Mailbox, November 18) about the Hunting Act, does A F Wreathall know the destruction foxes do?
They attack domestic cats, hens, lambs. Farmers have to bring animals indoors.
Half of foxes are not killed outright when shot, but are left maimed. They are moving nearer to people – we have one in the next road and I continually check the bottom of my hedge which I have wired, as I keep hens. With hounds foxes are flushed out and killed outright. And people feeding them doesn't keep the population down.
C Davies, Leicester.
Comments
by karin, Oadby
Thursday, November 26 2009, 1:55PM
“Yes, foxes are effiicient predators as I know to my cost, one had four of my ex battery hens. I blamed myself for not having secured them properly, I have learnt a lesson. I also despair of people treating them like little cuddly pets and feeding them . However, hunting is wrong, it encourages the breeding of foxes for sport and is cruel. It is not, repeat not an efficient form of pest control.But please, those who encourage them...BUY A PET INSTEAD!!!”