Lumpy Fox for DEFRA

[Tim.243]

My efforts over the last 4 years has put a big dent in the local fox population, the down side is they are thin on the ground which makes finding some to go to DEFRA for testing much harder.
Plus side lots more wild pheasants with a number of partridges showing...

I shot a vixen in the same field 2 weeks ago so a good chance he might have been her mate, a good eye shine back for my led spotting torch, squeaking while I flicked out my sticks in a routine I have done hundred's of times. Check once more with the led lamp just in case it has ####ed off...
Nice picture in the z6 of a fox looking right at me with its tail wrapped around like a cat out 160 yards...
Above average size that is for sure...Bagged and tagged for Tuesdays pick up..

Tim.243

 

[Tracker-Man]

What does DEFRA testing entail?

 

[Tim.243]

What does DEFRA testing entail?

DEFRA have an amount of funding each year to carry out testing,
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&r...kMTDc4TXnYSBUUIUzhfN1w&bvm=bv.110151844,d.ZWU

With foxes being the end user of all things dead and alive they make a good platform for testing. Lots of foxes are shot, adding the testing must be a bonus.

Tim.243

 

[Paddy_SP]

Well done! We had two last night, and then spent ages trying to get a third as it'd have put us on a nice round number - but we failed to find any. Someone must have shot them...

 

[Tim.243]

Well done! We had two last night, and then spent ages trying to get a third as it'd have put us on a nice round number - but we failed to find any. Someone must have shot them...

Ta v much, nice to have them take notice of the squeak!

Tim.243

 

[norma 308]

Not got an awful lot of confidence in our DEFRA im afraid been waiting for a TB RESULT for weeks and weeks now 6/11/15
norma

 

[3pc]

Excellent. Not had much luck in my area of late - soembody else much be clearing them out!

 

[Paddy_SP]

Excellent. Not had much luck in my area of late - somebody else must be clearing them out!

Not me - I don't go further east than the Devon/Somerset border!

 

[Selous]

Not got an awful lot of confidence in our DEFRA im afraid been waiting for a TB RESULT for weeks and weeks now 6/11/15
norma

Culturing mycoplasma bovis that causes TB takes many weeks and it takes even longer to say it is a negative sample. Be patient it is the organisms fault not DEFRA's in this case

 

[.243 t3]

How you get them to come pick up Tim ?

matt

 

[Paddy_SP]

How you get them to come pick up Tim ?

matt

You just contact the relevant DEFRA office and they send someone over. Sometimes.

 

[.243 t3]

Ok paddy thank you

 

[Tim.243]

Ok paddy thank you

Each year they get funding for the collections which start late October/November.

As Paddy said contact your local office closer to that time frame. If not drop me a line and I will pass it on to my contact.


Tim.243

 

[.243 t3]

Rgr that Tim will get onto it and find out about it

Matt

 

[shakey jake]

I was giving foxes to fera the other year is this the same deal looking in to trichinella. Well worth bagging them up in my opinion