Stobart Stopper
Well-Known Member
I just fail to understand why the fox had to shit on the mat when it has 175 foot of garden to do it in.
It's not hard to hate foxes
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brixtonvilla
should be Oslovilla, really
It IS hard to hate foxes. I mean, c'mon...
"I'm cuter!" "No, I'm cuter!"
"I'm cuter!" "No, I'm cuter!"
The control of urban foxes was abandonded decades ago when councils realised it was unrealistic. The number of females in litters increased in proportion to the cull.
As such, there isn't much point fuming about them eating food you've left out for them, etc. In fact, if you *are* leaving food out (e.g bin bags rather than wheelie bins), arguably it's you that's the problem.
Whilst foxes can of course be shot, they are territorial. An "empty patch" will be occupied by a new family not long after the previous ones have been removed.
In short, accept they are part of urban life and if you don't like them, learn how not to help them. Google brings up lots of advice.
(Personally I like them, but I live on the fourth floor.)
As such, there isn't much point fuming about them eating food you've left out for them, etc. In fact, if you *are* leaving food out (e.g bin bags rather than wheelie bins), arguably it's you that's the problem.
Whilst foxes can of course be shot, they are territorial. An "empty patch" will be occupied by a new family not long after the previous ones have been removed.
In short, accept they are part of urban life and if you don't like them, learn how not to help them. Google brings up lots of advice.
(Personally I like them, but I live on the fourth floor.)
treefrog
Saddle up
foxes move to urban areas because food is so easy to find in cities, rather than there is none in rural areas. Far easier to rip open a binbag than go to all the effort of killing loads of chickens!
I don't mind them, but if they attacked my guinea pigs I'd be joining the Barbour jacket bridage sharpish...
I don't mind them, but if they attacked my guinea pigs I'd be joining the Barbour jacket bridage sharpish...
trashpony
Hag
paolo999 said:
They're easy to like from the 4th floor. Less easy when they come into your house, steal your shoes, chew through your computer wiring and shit everywhere.
Although my resident squatters seem to have left - I haven't found any bones or used nappies in the garden for a while now
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
Stobart Stopper said:
pbp does gardening!!?
madzone
Physically unfavourable
Over 5 years they've killed a fair amount if livestock that we haven't put away properly but I still can't hate them. I love seeing the big dog fox that reides nearby sunbathing or taking a stroll. Sounds like urban foxes are the same as our seagulls. People (the general population) leave food out, leave rubbish lying around and then hate the foxes for doing what they're designed to do. Then they become a major problem.
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
Dear everyone,
If foxes keep ripping up your binbags, THEN BUY A FUCKING BIN.
Yours,
Mr Logical
My solution to urban foxes being a problem is a combination of better street cleaning, and introducing a predator to control them.
However there are only two members of the Campaign For Introducing Urban Wolves - me and my grandma.
If foxes keep ripping up your binbags, THEN BUY A FUCKING BIN.
Yours,
Mr Logical
My solution to urban foxes being a problem is a combination of better street cleaning, and introducing a predator to control them.
However there are only two members of the Campaign For Introducing Urban Wolves - me and my grandma.
subversplat
writer of wrongs
I think wolves prowling the streets of London would be ace!
pk
drink flounce rinse repeat
I like them, they're cool and they own the night.
Loads round my way busy raping and fighting all night long.
But I've got a baby in the house, so if I see one in the garden it gets something heavy chucked at it - if it so much as looks as if it wants to get in the house I will hunt it down and kill it.
Loads round my way busy raping and fighting all night long.
But I've got a baby in the house, so if I see one in the garden it gets something heavy chucked at it - if it so much as looks as if it wants to get in the house I will hunt it down and kill it.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
bluestreak said:
Can I join??
Only time I've seen a real fox was in London. I think there's more urban ones than rural ones now tbh.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
I had foxs living under me neighbours shed. I got rid of them by getting a cat, letting it shit in the litter tray for a week (outside natch) and then filling the tray with water to make an evil cat shit soup. I then threw said soup under the shed where the foxes live. They then fucked off never to be seen since.
I think they are sweet but got fed up with the sex noises all night.
I think they are sweet but got fed up with the sex noises all night.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
TopCat said:
That was just jealousy wasn't it?
XerxesVargas
formerly MrMalcontent
Don't mind foxes - its cats that are the evil, murdering fucker.
butterfly child
Well-Known Member
drag0n said:they killed my guinea pigs.
They're only doing what they're programmed to do. I blame you, for not having your piggies in the house.
I would NEVER keep my piggies outside.
We have foxes here, but they're rarely a problem. I reckon if Stobes put stuff away instead of leaving it in the garden, she wouldn't have so much to moan about!
