Town fox, catch and release

[404Boar]

I would just like to see a photo of a fox with three legs and operational scars and stitches. I personally have never seen one.

 

[Phil fox man]

I would just like to see a photo of a fox with three legs and operational scars and stitches. I personally have never seen one.

next time I shoot one I will take a picture and post,it seems most releases are around August to October when they are mature adults.as for the GPS tracker that went into a dustbin on the way home.i left it turned on so the trackers will think the fox is living on the local land fill

 

[WH308]

next time I shoot one I will take a picture and post,it seems most releases are around August to October when they are mature adults.as for the GPS tracker that went into a dustbin on the way home.i left it turned on so the trackers will think the fox is living on the local land fill

Your a better man than me, I’d have clipped it to the chassis of the nearest European lorry.

“This is amazing, that fox we released last week is in Romania”

 

[mudman]

I would just like to see a photo of a fox with three legs and operational scars and stitches. I personally have never seen one.

Foxes get three legs the same way deer do, by getting hung up on wire fences.

 

[404Boar]

Exactly.

 

[mudman]

next time I shoot one I will take a picture and post,it seems most releases are around August to October when they are mature adults.as for the GPS tracker that went into a dustbin on the way home.i left it turned on so the trackers will think the fox is living on the local land fill

Why do that? Trackers cost a fortune, you do realise the GWCT tracked foxes with GPS collars showing just how far they can range, and how one day they can be in the suburbs of a town and next 15 miles away predating lapwing nests on a wetland. All very valuable information which helps ‘our side’. Getting rid of it just because you thought it belonged to bunny huggers was a ridiculous thing to do.

 

[Phil fox man]

Exactly.

yes they do but there's not many animals that can use a needle and thread

 

[Phil fox man]

Why do that? Trackers cost a fortune, you do realise the GWCT tracked foxes with GPS collars showing just how far they can range, and how one day they can be in the suburbs of a town and next 15 miles away predating lapwing nests on a wetland. All very valuable information which helps ‘our side’. Getting rid of it just because you thought it belonged to bunny huggers was a ridiculous thing to do.

do you think the owners of the GPS tracker would have rung the farmer up to tell him about the fox in his lambing Fields,no I don't think so! .
bolting the gate after the horse has gone is no use to the farmer

 

[VSS]

As a city boy I have never seen a manky town fox, the opposite in fact. Most daft foxes can be explained by the symptoms of toxoplasmosis. Are foxes caught and released randomly in the countryside, I would say yes, but I imagine very rarely in big numbers, just private pest controllers trapping a fox for a fee then letting it go again in the countryside.

Exactly this ^^^
Everyone carries a 'phone with a camera on it these days, and there are many stories about van loads of foxes being released, but so far no-one seems to have got a photo. Funny that.
It's always a mate's mate's girlfriend's dad's neighbour's landlord's friend's wife's brother who saw it happen. He told it to a bloke in the pub who told it to me, so it must be true. Only his phone battery was flat that night, otherwise he'd have got a picture.

 

[mudman]

do you think the owners of the GPS tracker would have rung the farmer up to tell him about the fox in his lambing Fields,no I don't think so! .
bolting the gate after the horse has gone is no use to the farmer

You do realise they don’t hover over a laptop monitoring the animals movements in realtime? And it was not the fact that you shot the fox which I have an issue with, far from it, it’s the fact you dumped the GPS tracker in a dustbin. Science, good science, is what will help us survive in this world of rapidly changing opinions. Apart from that it is just an appalling waste of expensive equipment .

 

[Phil fox man]

Exactly this ^^^
Everyone carries a 'phone with a camera on it these days, and there are many stories about van loads of foxes being released, but so far no-one seems to have got a photo. Funny that.
It's always a mate's mate's girlfriend's dad's neighbour's landlord's friend's wife's brother who saw it happen. He told it to a bloke in the pub who told it to me, so it must be true. Only his phone battery was flat that night, otherwise he'd have got a picture.

not everyone feels the need to take picture of every little aspect of their lives and tweet or post them.
I have seen these things first hand,not through Chinese whispers.i will go out of my way to photograph the next one as my word is obviously not enough.but be patient it's not the right time for release yet.

 

[Phil fox man]

You do realise they don’t hover over a laptop monitoring the animals movements in realtime? And it was not the fact that you shot the fox which I have an issue with, far from it, it’s the fact you dumped the GPS tracker in a dustbin. Science, good science, is what will help us survive in this world of rapidly changing opinions. Apart from that it is just an appalling waste of expensive equipment .

Possibly not as expensive as the damage the released fox with a tracker on could have done,! .

 

[mudman]

Possibly not as expensive as the damage the released fox with a tracker on could have done,! .

Are you somehow blaming the people who owned the tracker for the actions of the fox? They do not make the fox radio controlled you know?

 

[MarkD123]

Foxes get three legs the same way deer do, by getting hung up on wire fences.

Exactly.

On ocassion yes, but they don’t stitch themselves back up again do they

 

[Phil fox man]

Are you somehow blaming the people who owned the tracker for the actions of the fox? They do not make the fox radio controlled you know?

no but they are releasing Foxes ,in a live stock rich area ,

 

[mudman]

no but they are releasing Foxes ,in a live stock rich area ,

You are jumping to conclusions. Foxes for research projects (not that there are many) are usually snared, fitted with a GPS collar or other type device, and released in situ, ie where they were caught. Then they are monitored to learn more about their habits, effectively about where they go to and when. Yours went to a sheep field and was shot. But it might have come from a long way off. The last fox research fox project I know of was by the GWCT to see how much foxes used the bird rich wet grasslands of the Avon valley in Hampshire. It was interesting stuff.

 

[404Boar]

Revealing the secrets of foxes - Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust

 

[Phil fox man]

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re jumping to conclusions. Foxes for research projects (not that there are many) are usually snared, fitted with a GPS collar or other type device, and released in situ, ie where they were caught. Then they are monitored to learn more about their habits, effectively about where they go to and when. Yours went to a sheep field and was shot. But it might have come from a long way off. The last fox research fox project I know of was by the GWCT to see how much foxes used the bird rich wet grasslands of the Avon valley in Hampshire. It was interesting stuff.

You are jumping to conclusions. Foxes for research projects (not that there are many) are usually snared, fitted with a GPS collar or other type device, and released in situ, ie where they were caught. Then they are monitored to learn more about their habits, effectively about where they go to and when. Yours went to a sheep field and was shot. But it might have come from a long way off. The last fox research fox project I know of was by the GWCT to see how much foxes used the bird rich wet grasslands of the Avon valley in Hampshire. It was interesting stuff.well

You are jumping to conclusions. Foxes for research projects (not that there are many) are usually snared, fitted with a GPS collar or other type device, and released in situ, ie where they were caught. Then they are monitored to learn more about their habits, effectively about where they go to and when. Yours went to a sheep field and was shot. But it might have come from a long way off. The last fox research fox project I know of was by the GWCT to see how much foxes used the bird rich wet grasslands of the Avon valley in Hampshire. It was interesting stuff

 

[Phil fox man]

well they should have put a return address on it or did they not want sueing for any damage caused by their released fox.

 

[VSS]

I have seen these things first hand,not through Chinese whispers.i will go out of my way to photograph the next one as my word is obviously not enough.but be patient it's not the right time for release yet.

Well if you could just snap a quick photo next time you see a van load of caged foxes being released down some quiet backlane somewhere, that would be great, thanks.