“They might be better to trap some of the humans who are being a nuisance and have them shot.
(No, only joking - sort of)”

“Further to my previous comment I have been informed by someone claiming to be close to the Maldon council that although they are using a humane trap, they intend to have the captured foxes shot and after speaking to some of the councillors I can believe they would go through with this as some openly enjoy killing wildlife and feel they should be allowed to treat animals however they want.
They seem intent to ignore all advice given by organisations which have experience in these matters including the RSPCA who are against the trapping.
I have questioned them on what they will do with the foxes once captured and they seem reluctant to give me a straight answer so at best they seem have to have no real idea or experience dealing with this and at worst they are covering up their real intentions

If you are opposed to this please contact your local papers who seem to be happy printing all the usual myths and lies about foxes that they are given by Les Drury and Cllr Ray Knight instead of checking into any facts”

“Cllr Ray Knight comments one lady contacted him saying she was in full agreement with what the council is trying to do ~ it's a shame he did not say that many others had contacted him to say they were totally opposed, one of which was me. As an allotment holder myself I can only say that in the four years I have been there I had had no problems with foxes at all. I only recently picked up a burger box on my site and also the beer can beside it, and unless a fox went to MacDonalds on the way home from the Pub, I would think it was from a so called human. I think it utterly despicable that a few, ie WAIT members, can decide without all site members authority that such a barbaric and cruel thing should happen at a place where some other site or plot members are not in agreement, I would say that cats cause a problem, but that's life, and I am also worried that cats could get caught in the trap. I was also not aware that the law had changed on the trapping of wild animals, please tell me more. I totally agree with other comments on this page, that local residents should clean up their acts and not leave food in bin bags etc.”

“We have foxes come to our street every night and we put food out for them. They are a pleasure to watch. We never get rubbish strewn all over the garden. I sincerely hope the foxes are cunning enough to avoid being trapped. Perhaps WAIT would care to read a leaftlet produced by Bristol District Council about living with urban foxes. They say in this that it is totally unsuccessful trapping foxes and for everyone trapped another will take its place. What if a dog or cat gets trapped instead?”

“I have foxes which come into my garden and in the many years they have been around they have never once shown any aggression to my cats, even my smallest one so i think these reports of cats being killed are complete myths (fox studies agree with this as well)
I think it is nice to see these gentle creatures close up and have had no problems with them
Occasionally there are some droppings left but i pick this up and bin it as I do with my cats, if someone could not be bothered to do this i wonder what their personal hygiene is like
If you put out some scraps at night you can make friends with all sorts of wildlife and they have always left my bins alone”

“I have had foxes living near me for many years and have no trouble with them at all, I know the foxes around the allotment and they cause no problems, in fact they keep the mice and rat population down as people are always leaving their bin bags about.

Its well known foxes regulate their own numbers and most are killed in the first couple of years in traffic accidents so there is no increase in their population they are just learning to live along side us

If you give them regular food and look after them they will cause no trouble at all and are not the vicious killers people make out - they are quite friendly, inquisitive animals

It is always better to keep the existing foxes as they know the area and will not be a pest.

I am also suspicious of this humane trapping as many of our councillors would like the foxes shot and I think this is what might happen to them once they are caught.


If you wish to complain please contact our local councillor Ray Knight on 01621 855334 or Jackie Good 01621 857373 who paid for the cage with our money (maybe it's time to see what else they spend our money on)”

“Trapping them will not control them, others will just take their place and leaving them to the public to take to the country side is a ludicrous idea. Supposing somone left them in the trap deliberately. Many of us have foxes in and out of our gardens. Our rubbish bags have never been torn open but then we do not leave them out overnight. Birda also take advantage of rubbish bags as anyone who walks the prom in the early mornings will tell you. Crows and rooks cast rubbish out of the bins and bags everywhere. Teh RSPCA do not approve of the trap method either.”

“I have a Female fox which regularly visits my garden. I feed her scraps and she hasn't once ripped open my rubbish bags. Perhaps I am lucky, or perhaps she is bright enough to realise that she gets better scraps from me than from my rubbish.”

“And they are not going to come back for food then!!! You can't outfox a fox!!!”

“Michaela, the best way of keeping cats out of your property is to get one yourself.”