Why persecute foxes? (From Thurrock Gazette)

Why persecute foxes?

11:21am Monday 8th October 2007 in Letters to the Editor

SO, a family of foxes, who have probably driven out of their natural habitat, are being persecuted by a pensioner and her neighbours.

This pensioner has only been living there ten months,and wants the foxes to move?

Why can't she move?

Foxes, badgers and other wildlife are a fact of life.

Developers are destroying their habitat, so they have to move into residential areas.

We must live with them,too many creatures are being destroyed. I also have a dog,who has a free run of the garden,especially in the evening.

But I keep my eyes and ears open,and when he starts barking I bring him in.

Most evenings I have foxes in the garden, sometimes one or two sometimes several. I think they are beautiful animals,and sometimes watch them for ages.

Life is precious even for wild animals Alf Brown