Fox problem

luckat

Whitser, you're absolutely right.

What I mean is that if there's a controllable residential population of foxes, they know where the good stuff is - in terms of rats and mice, for instance.

If foxes are wiped out in the area, a new hungry poplation moves in, and doesn't know the good places to hunt, so those foxes will go for the easier prey, such as unfenced or inadequately fenced hens.

(Incidentally, I've known a couple of people who kept foxes and pets, and everyone seemed pretty happy with the arrangement, though there was a certain perfume left in the air after they passed by.)

whitser

first, i never advocated wiping out all the foxes from an area. second any fox will always take the easiest meal available to it. the only thing that will come into it is how hungry he is and how mush risk he'll take. and this happens when theres competition for food ie too many foxes in an area. so culling and hunting(not exterminating every fox) keeps numbers at a controlable healthy level.