Foxglove
Published Date:
07 August 2008
WHILE I would like to be getting on with rabbits at the moment, what I am hearing about is foxes. My neighbour's call-ducks no longer laugh raucously at their own jokes, for a fox has taken the lot.
Another neighbour has had eight chickens killed and left, and the friend whose guinea pig pen was ripped apart found every beast decapitated and left.
A few miles away, pet rabbits have had the fronts torn out of their hutches and been killed. One of the local gamekeepers has had a very trying time with a fox getting into his pheasant pen despite the high security, and the flockmaster, who should not be troubled with foxes this time of year, has accounted for over a dozen in a few weeks.
All these animals have been coming through in broad daylight. There have been strange incidents, also in daytime, such as when one friend was out shooting and a young fox ran right up to him, and another was exercising his dogs when one ran into the middle of them.
For full feature see West Sussex Gazette August 13
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Last Updated:
07 August 2008 2:04 PM
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Location:
Chichester
