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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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We have an urban fox which is terrorising the neighborhood. It's killing cats and is very brave and familiar with humans. How do we/I get rid of it? I like foxes but don't think they should be so brazen with humans, killing family pets and I worry about it attacking children. Any advice? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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we had this problem some years back
the rspca came and trapped it but because it was a female, wouldn't move it in case she had pups so simply released it again
in the end, someone stayed up, waited for it's return and shot it
not a nice ending, but it did solve the problem
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Has anyone contacted the RSPCA for advice about it
Personally id shoot it but im a crap shot and would probably end up with a very angry fox round my throat |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Best thing to do, is keep your doors shut, keep your cats indoors, and keep an eye on your kids, if they are little. Most foxes are friendly to people who feed them, if they kill cats its because they are hungry. Cats dont kill birds because they are hungry, they do it for fun, thats their nature. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't believe they kill because they're hungry
We had one that used to attack our chickens and kill them
It never ate any of them just left their bodies all over the place  |
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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago
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ask Mr Cameron and some of his chums to come and dress up.in silly costumes and Chase it with hounds untill its terrified and exhausted then let the dogs tear it to pieces for fun ! much more civilised than shooting it don't you know !  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I don't believe they kill because they're hungry
We had one that used to attack our chickens and kill them
It never ate any of them just left their bodies all over the place "
I read somewhere that they will kill all of them,then bury them for later.Maybe it got disturbed and did'nt have time to take it away and bury them ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I don't believe they kill because they're hungry
We had one that used to attack our chickens and kill them
It never ate any of them just left their bodies all over the place "
Cats kill burds though, people dont say we should shoot cats though do they? our little dog is smaller than a cat, and last year she cought 2 baby birds, but we managed to get her to drop them, we have to keep an eye on her. I do think shooting a fox is less cruel than hunting though. |
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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago
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talking of urban foxes
pulled up at a truck stop near the dartford crossing one evning last month to see about ten cats sat in the road being fed by a polish trucker .whilst we watched a fox calmly strolled up and joined in Niether the fox or the cats seemed afraid of each other or the people feeding and watching them .fox strolled off and sat under our truck till.we moved off half hour later . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I live in the countryside, a woman near us puts out food for a fox and we never get any cats killed round here. We keep our guinee pig in the shed at night, always best to put locks on ckicken houses and rabbit hutches, also we keep ours in shed at night in case some kids where to come in and attack him. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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we have a small family of them that live near the naval college and at night time they can be seen running across a pretty major road. No one has reported any dead animals.. think they are gorgeous animals |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Have a look at The fox website. it gives a lot of information about the urban foxes, especially in the Bristol area where they have colonised the city since the 1940's |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Have a look at The fox website. it gives a lot of information about the urban foxes, especially in the Bristol area where they have colonised the city since the 1940's "
Thats good as I just looked at the RSPCA site and its closed for maintenance at the moment |
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By *waymanMan
over a year ago
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"We have an urban fox which is terrorising the neighborhood. It's killing cats and is very brave and familiar with humans. How do we/I get rid of it? I like foxes but don't think they should be so brazen with humans, killing family pets and I worry about it attacking children. Any advice?"
Telling the fox that you don't think it should be so brazen probably won't work.
Putting food out for it encourages it to stick around. A domesticated urban cat is food for a fox - a farm cat would probably fight it off. So don't put your precious, hand reared on Whiskas cat out unless you fear the fox is hungry.
We have foxes here - but we also have rabbits, birds, rats, field mice and all other sorts of suitable fox food.
Foxes are relatives of dogs, and something in dogs makes them feel safe around humans - there was an experiment in Russia where it took just seven generations to domesticate foxes so that they behaved just like dogs... |
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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago
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There`s probably more urban foxes now that ones in the country! Since the ban on fox hunting, more foxes get shot because in the past farmers were happy to let the hunts do the "controlling". Plus there`s plenty of food for the urban foxes what with the fast food that`s dumped and all of the pets that we keep in "larders" for them!
In the pre hunting ban days, hunts would be happy to come and "relocate2 an urban fox. I was told of one who had cubs in a walled garden that would have been impossible for the cubs to escape from. The terrier man from the local hunt brought along one of his terriers that had lost it`s teeth through old age! With a bit of carefull digging, the cubs were retrieved and released locally to their birthplace so the vixen could find them. |
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"We have an urban fox which is terrorising the neighborhood. It's killing cats and is very brave and familiar with humans. How do we/I get rid of it? I like foxes but don't think they should be so brazen with humans, killing family pets and I worry about it attacking children. Any advice?
Telling the fox that you don't think it should be so brazen probably won't work.
Putting food out for it encourages it to stick around. A domesticated urban cat is food for a fox - a farm cat would probably fight it off. So don't put your precious, hand reared on Whiskas cat out unless you fear the fox is hungry.
We have foxes here - but we also have rabbits, birds, rats, field mice and all other sorts of suitable fox food.
Foxes are relatives of dogs, and something in dogs makes them feel safe around humans - there was an experiment in Russia where it took just seven generations to domesticate foxes so that they behaved just like dogs..."
There was an old boy in Bodmin that raised a fox cub and kept him as a pet. He used to walk him on a lead |
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"We have an urban fox which is terrorising the neighborhood. It's killing cats and is very brave and familiar with humans. How do we/I get rid of it? I like foxes but don't think they should be so brazen with humans, killing family pets and I worry about it attacking children. Any advice?
Telling the fox that you don't think it should be so brazen probably won't work.
Putting food out for it encourages it to stick around. A domesticated urban cat is food for a fox - a farm cat would probably fight it off. So don't put your precious, hand reared on Whiskas cat out unless you fear the fox is hungry.
We have foxes here - but we also have rabbits, birds, rats, field mice and all other sorts of suitable fox food.
Foxes are relatives of dogs, and something in dogs makes them feel safe around humans - there was an experiment in Russia where it took just seven generations to domesticate foxes so that they behaved just like dogs..."
You answered something i was wondering...if a fox came near my cats i wouldnt imagine it considering them food, but since they are as someone once said mad farm cats that is probably the reason why.
As for the foxes dont kill for food...someone up there is quite correct, foxes kill and then bury their prey, intending to return. This pattern gets disturbed and so it looks like they have killed wantonly. |
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By *waymanMan
over a year ago
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"We have an urban fox which is terrorising the neighborhood. It's killing cats and is very brave and familiar with humans. How do we/I get rid of it? I like foxes but don't think they should be so brazen with humans, killing family pets and I worry about it attacking children. Any advice?
Telling the fox that you don't think it should be so brazen probably won't work.
Putting food out for it encourages it to stick around. A domesticated urban cat is food for a fox - a farm cat would probably fight it off. So don't put your precious, hand reared on Whiskas cat out unless you fear the fox is hungry.
We have foxes here - but we also have rabbits, birds, rats, field mice and all other sorts of suitable fox food.
Foxes are relatives of dogs, and something in dogs makes them feel safe around humans - there was an experiment in Russia where it took just seven generations to domesticate foxes so that they behaved just like dogs...
You answered something i was wondering...if a fox came near my cats i wouldnt imagine it considering them food, but since they are as someone once said mad farm cats that is probably the reason why.
As for the foxes dont kill for food...someone up there is quite correct, foxes kill and then bury their prey, intending to return. This pattern gets disturbed and so it looks like they have killed wantonly."
My dog will happily take on geese, rottweilers and staffies, but he draws the line at the local junkyard cat, a one eyed agricultural beast who is top of the local food chain.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We have an urban fox which is terrorising the neighborhood. It's killing cats and is very brave and familiar with humans. How do we/I get rid of it? I like foxes but don't think they should be so brazen with humans, killing family pets and I worry about it attacking children. Any advice?"
Yes get a professional to shoot it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"i like to watch the foxs on the banks of the tyne thay live outa ppls bins shops skips tho n a joy to watch playin  "
They are so cute, they look like dogs. i dont think i would want to meet someone who didnt like animals. |
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I don't think that I am the only one who believes that the R.S.P.C.A. is doing a HUGE disservice to the fox. To take them from urban areas, where food is plentiful, trapping them, and releasing them into the countryside, where the animal is likely to starve to death is NOT the right thing to do IMHO. But then again, even if this fox was shot or moved on, there would be others along soon enough to replace it. |
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"We have an urban fox which is terrorising the neighborhood. It's killing cats and is very brave and familiar with humans. How do we/I get rid of it? I like foxes but don't think they should be so brazen with humans, killing family pets and I worry about it attacking children. Any advice?"
Its extremely rare for a fox to go anywhere near a cat. In general they shy away from people and other animals that can do them harm. The best option if it persists is to call in a pest control company and they will trap and remove as long as you are prepared to pay. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Have a look at The fox website. it gives a lot of information about the urban foxes, especially in the Bristol area where they have colonised the city since the 1940's "
The BBC did a nature programme in the urban foxes in Bristol a few years ago, which was a good watch. I am originally from London and saw loads there, I also lived in Bristol and again loads there. I now live in the coutryside and I cannot remember the last time I saw one. It would appear that they like the easy pickings of dustbins in the cities. |
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