According to the Department of Environment, food and rural affairs. The urban fox population has grown from 33,000 to 150,000 nationwide in just 20 years.
There are more foxes in cities such as Bournemouth, London and Bristol than there are across the countryside.
Around 2013, a fox attacked a baby boy in London, then mayor Boris Johnson was quick to deride the London fox as “a pest and a menace”.
In 2020, at least two foxes were killed in south-east London by a crossbow-wielding assailant.
Attitudes to foxes have become contentious. Some groups value their presence highly while others conflict in ideas with how society should manage them.
City News spoke to Hunting Kind chairman and founder Ed Swales who advocates for the full legalisation of hunting foxes nationwide.
Ed told City News he would support the hunting of foxes across urban environments if it was safely implemented and conducted by “competent people.”
if you are trying to control the spread of disease or any sort of species that gets unmanaged, yes I don’t see why they shouldn’t have that right
The Fox Project is Britain’s largest fox charity that admits and treats over 1000 foxes per year, including over 300 cubs. They also stand as an information bureau to help people understand how foxes behave.
Trevor Williams the founder of The Fox Project vehemently believes the urban fox population can’t be controlled through the means of hunting.
Its nonsensical. You can’t, the population just regenerates to the same level whatever you do to them, and its not socially acceptable
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According to the Department of Environment, food and rural affairs. The urban fox population has grown from 33,000 to 150,000 nationwide in just 20 years.
There are more foxes in cities such as Bournemouth, London and Bristol than there are across the countryside.
Around 2013, a fox attacked a baby boy in London, then mayor Boris Johnson was quick to deride the London fox as “a pest and a menace”.
In 2020, at least two foxes were killed in south-east London by a crossbow-wielding assailant.
Attitudes to foxes have become contentious. Some groups value their presence highly while others conflict in ideas with how society should manage them.
City News spoke to Hunting Kind chairman and founder Ed Swales who advocates for the full legalisation of hunting foxes nationwide.
Ed told City News he would support the hunting of foxes across urban environments if it was safely implemented and conducted by “competent people.”
if you are trying to control the spread of disease or any sort of species that gets unmanaged, yes I don’t see why they shouldn’t have that right
The Fox Project is Britain’s largest fox charity that admits and treats over 1000 foxes per year, including over 300 cubs. They also stand as an information bureau to help people understand how foxes behave.
Trevor Williams the founder of The Fox Project vehemently believes the urban fox population can’t be controlled through the means of hunting.
Its nonsensical. You can’t, the population just regenerates to the same level whatever you do to them, and its not socially acceptable
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