Foxes
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phykell said:Unless foxes have mastered the art of pole-vaulting, they aren't going to be able to jump a reasonably high fence.
you gonna answer my question?
they are also good at digging too
unless you live in the county and have ACTUAL KNOLAGE of what foxes CAN and CAN'T do, I sujest you keep your preconseptions to yourself
phykell said:
Yes, I suppose it was. I do apologise if my English skills are not up to your standard, Sir.
My dad has a lot of problems caused by foxes, specifically the killing of animals, wrecking the back yard and crapping all over the place. The farmers in the surrounding area suffer similar problems but on a larger scale and as such employ people to shoot foxes. It has become financially viable for them to pay someone to kill foxes, which goes to show how much damage these vermin actually cause.
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make a website. eventually you should be able to train it to pop down your local asda and do your shopping for you!
Have you?VeNT said:
Coyotes are bigger and stronger than foxes and can jump 6' fences. It's interesting to note that the jump is not a one step process where the animal completely clears the fence:
"In fact, the “jump” consists of two phases. First, the coyote jumps to grab hold of the top of the fence with its front paws. The coyote then adds to its vertical momentum by pulling on the top of the fence. This allows him to gain additional height. At the same time, he brings his back paws up to the top of the fence, so that momentary, all four of his paws are in contact with the top of the fence. All of this takes less than half a second! Next, the coyote then uses his back legs to spring off the fence, while he extends his front paws in preparation for landing."
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Off-topic: Vent, why do you have a picture of a flat-arse in your signature? 
the guys in the HTML/graphics forum think it constitues "fit girl"
as I suck at making sigs I put up with it
on topic, the owner of that website should be prosicuted, they are FEEDING vermin, if you did the same to a RAT you'ed be fined quite a bit of money.
as I suck at making sigs I put up with it
on topic, the owner of that website should be prosicuted, they are FEEDING vermin, if you did the same to a RAT you'ed be fined quite a bit of money.
I wasn't pointing out your poor use of English so the rolleyes is inappropriate. I was actually pointing out that the use of the word "vermin" is trite and meaningless.Scuzi said:Yes, I suppose it was. I do apologise if my English skills are not up to your standard, Sir.
Fair enough, though I'd still say that effective fences go a long way to preventing fox incursion. Has your dad tried any types of fences?Scuzi said:
VeNT said:
1: Where I live has *nothing* to do with how much knowledge I have on the subject. Geographical location does not automatically instill one with arcane knowledge about the behaviour of foxes.
2. They may be good at digging but we humans are pretty intelligent. Are you suggesting that the humble fox is perfectly capable of outwitting us? Do you know of no methods whatsoever that are effective at preventing the incursion of a mere fox?
3. Do you not see the irony of *you* telling me to keep my preconceptions to myself?
phykell said:
Apologies. I should have explained myself better, however I still consider foxes as vermin as do many others.
phykell said:
There aren't really any suitable fences which are guaranteed to keep foxes out and any which claim to do so cost an absolute fortune. Due to the layout of the fields in the area, a hedgerow is necessary to split them and as far as I know the hedgerows are protected by some sort of conservation law. I'm not too sure on the details but I think any suitable fences would be disallowed because they would block the hedgerow to other wildlife such as birds, badgers, rabbits etc.
Some farmers have tried the fox friendly methods but they are expensive and ineffective. There isn't really any other solutions left apart from killing the foxes. Remember though that they are killed out of necessity and not for sport.
