Streetlife

I wouldent like to come face to face with one.But if i see them i like to watch .Behind use is a old pub that has closed down many years ago,we oftern see them walking along the back wall,even jumping down in to the pub yard,weather its there home now i dont no has there is a wall between that and how garden.i oftern wander,if they came face to face with a cat or dog,would they attack it,In the summer i  herd them in my front garden and next door garden ,fighting, mateing, what a noise,scared me and the mess of how garden next day i  was not happy,then cause after a while you herd the babys crying running after there mum worse crys ive herd i was to scared to get out of bed to look,.you must think im mad lol.

kill the damn pests, all they do is rip off binbags & make a mess , defecating im drives etc. Disgusting.

live and let live i say, why kill them? they deserve to live like any creature

Some time ago the local authority used to loan traps, and  tempted foxes into cages with bait and then collected the animals when trapped and released them in  a local forest Would it not help if such a practice was reinstated?

Beautiful, sentient creatures.  Let them be.  Too many of them get killed on the roads as it is.

There is a fox living underneath my garden shed. I love to watch this beautiful animal patrolling my garden or basking in the sun on the roof of my shed.  Why kill them, they also have a right to life!

I feed them - there are worst pests around than them - mostly the human type

>There is a fox living underneath my garden shed. I love to watch this beautiful animal patrolling my >garden or basking in the sun on the roof of my shed.  Why kill them, they also have a right to life!

The foxes under my garden shed are there because they have dug out the foundations.  In the process they have left me a pile of finely sifted earth, excellent for planting! But I fear the shed will soon collapse, and I want them shifted. So far, nothing has worked.  Ideas?  Sorry folks, but foxes live in a world where the "right to life" is won by being larger, faster and stronger than other creatures.  Others are classed as "food". Those who value "nature" must recognise the laws of nature.

My (elderly) parents have had some success using curry powder and chilli powder to deter foxes from their garden in which they (the foxes) have caused quite a bit of damage, including digging deep holes in the lawn, which are hazardous.

Surely curry powder would only make an east London fox feel at home:-)

Would jellied eels and pie and mash have the same effect? :-)

Only with plenty of liquor.

I do like the foxes and would not like to see them harmed, and yes they do poop in my garden, on the path on the front door step and other places it is'nt nice but they are our wild animals, worse is probably the amount of dog poop on the walk ways round here. 
I have seen foxes go out of their way to avoid cats many times.

This isn't a matter for voting on of course.  Whether I want foxes in my garden is my decision.  All I need from the panel is advice on how to get rid of them!

I tried every method possible from all the experts too no avail and was sick and tired of going out every day to remove their excrement, garbage dragged in from other places, try and repair plants they had destroyed, fill in holes, also they killed all the hedgehogs which were living in the garden doing a good job. Their sreaming and fighting were keeping us awake. My neighbour who is a young Mother was concerned for her young children as one used to sit on top of her shed and  their excrement on her patio.I agree they are nice to look at but they shouldn't be living in towns as it's not their natural enviroment which is the country where they eat the proper food and don't die prematuraly of disease eating  the wrong food our garbage

The smell they leave behind is disgusting. I have 3 children and I dont want holes, poo and foxes pee all over my lawn. They are noisy and carry mange that affects dogs. They are nice to watch etc in the countryside but I agree in urban society they feel more like a pest.

Shooting them is for me the most humane way to deal. If you are unfortunate to hit one in your car you will not only injure/kill the fox you run the risk of damaging your car with the impact or having an accident yourself. I know people who have swerved to miss a fox only to have a near miss accident.

I fully agree with you having been brought up in the country, I am animal lover but there are too many of them in our towns where there real home is in the country. I'ts a shame that more of the silent majority don't speak up in support before a tragedy occurs, unfortunately authorities who are supposed to protect us as are failing eg disease in our ash trees now its been spreading for years in Europe

What is it with humans wanting to destroy the natural world around them? Do you really think that killing anything makes you a superior being? Why can't you learn to live in harmony with nature, instead of being on a mission to eradicate anything that doesn't fit in with your nice sterile way of living? You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves. What next? Lions, tigers, elephants, rhinos, dogs, cats, sparrows, robins, blackbirds, horses, donkeys, monkeys, gorillas, badgers, otters, the list is endless, and all seem to be fair "game" for people who think that if an animal infringes in any way on a human's life, then they should be removed because it is inconvenient for you. Why can't you just live and let live? Sometimes I wonder who exactly is the superior being - with man's inhumanity to man, and to beast, I really don't think it is us. The fox in my garden is welcome - my cat and the fox have a healthy relationship - they leave each other alone and live in harmony. I know the fox is an important part of the ecosystem in my garden and it can have a home here for as long as it wants. That''s my opinion. I'm sure you will all voice yours.

Man is the animal that manipulates and changes his environment.  If you're religious you might put it down to a grant of  Free Will. Either way, it's a fact, and we don't have any choice in the matter (now THERE's a paradox :-)  You enjoy an enormous number of benefits from this "interfering with nature".  No point in getting all soppy about one aspect of it.

If we were living in only a slightly less affluent society you'd be spending a lot of your time producing  food to eat, and wouldn't think twice about getting rid of animals that threatened your crops and your livestock.

Noisy, dirty, destructive, smelly, scavenging disease carriers.....sounds like a large percentage of the human race. 

So man can manipulate and change his environment to the detriment of every other living thing around and that is termed superior.  An animal does the same and goes where there is warmth, food and relative safety and it is disgusting creature with no right to live.

Yes I wonder how many would like to live with a natural Clayhall infested with, foxes, rats, mice & grey squirrels only, Of course, we should try to coexist with all of nature & be a part of a balanced ecosystem, but uncontrolled rise of vermin such as city foxes is not the answer. 

Lets face it, in the natural world, foxes would have predators such as big cats which would keep the numbers within a balanced limit. A controlled cull by the council would just replicate that process in our UN-Natural world.

Nobody is suggesting their extermination, just not the foxes over-running the cities.

Big cats?  Really?

What fat cats such as bankers eat foxes???!!!

I edited the fat cats part prior to seeing your comment because I knew it would be completely misunderstood.  I was right. :)

No you are right Kayte, we should make the fat cats eat foxes, for ruining our economy. ;-)