yhanni
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Apparently if you pee on them (easier for the male of the species!), animals will then avoid them. A friend's dog got caught in one and was badly injured. The gamekeeper paid the vet's bill after a bit of a kerfuffle!
It isn't. It is to restain the animal without harming it until the keeper checks the snare and either shoots the animal (if it is a fox) or lets it go (if it is a non quarry species).
The only humane fox snare is a pack of foxhounds.
Your point being that because foxes do nasty things to other animals it's okay to do nasty things (albeit less nasty) to them?Just an aside from someone who used to control foxes. Snares may not be very humane but they are a lot more humane than the fox that attacks a pregnant ewe incapacitated through being in labour or on it's back.
Although I can't get into the mind of a fox, I imagine being chased and escaping is less unpleasant than being stuck in a snare for hours. On the other hand, I also imagine that being chased, caught and bitten by hounds is rather more unpleasant. At least the end is quick, even if it's horrid.As for hunting with hounds, the fox is either dead or escapes. Sounds pretty humane to me.
Your point being that because foxes do nasty things to other animals it's okay to do nasty things (albeit less nasty) to them?
Although I can't get into the mind of a fox, I imagine being chased and escaping is less unpleasant than being stuck in a snare for hours. On the other hand, I also imagine that being chased, caught and bitten by hounds is rather more unpleasant. At least the end is quick, even if it's horrid.
Feel free to explain the error(s) in what I wrote!And your experience of foxes and their control is....?
Not really because they are checked at least twice a day and the fox shot quickly so it's not a drawn out deathI've just found a very dead fox which had somehow got caught up in our anti rabbit electric netting. Poor s0d had wrapped the netting tight round its neck in its futile efforts to escape. Horrific way to go, but presumably snares are the same, minus the electric shocks?
I thought they only needed to be checked once every 24 hours or less, at least in Scotland. Is it at least once every 12 hours or less in England?Not really because they are checked at least twice a day and the fox shot quickly so it's not a drawn out death
Obviously better than the apparent regulations - kudos to them.I'm unsure on legalities but this farms rules are they get checked a minimum of twice a day. If the gamekeeper can't then one of the lads on the farm takes over.
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