kevofaz25 Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I have just seen a male fox in Longford Street, to add to the collection seen in the Hospital grounds, in Manchester Road and Thelwall New Rd in recent years. It was nice to see a fox so close to town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 There are a few around sankey valley and may be the ones seen in the hospital grounds. I saw one a few months back crossing the bridge from sankey valley and then heading up wellfield street in the direction of the whitecross community centre. Was surprised when i realised what it was, thought it was a dog at firsts until it passed under a lamp post. I do know that my mother had one as a pet when she was about twelve. My grandfather had found the cub next to it's dead mother and took it in and reared it like a dog. she used to walk it on a lead and got some very odd looks from people who had never seen a fox before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 We saw one before xmas walking along the road near us at midnight. Looked quite small and skinny though. My uncle had a fox cub which had been abandoned many years ago but alas he had put a dog collar on it so it could get a bit of exercise while it got better etc... before he could release it, it escaped so probably died as it grew due to the blummin collar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Presume it's easier for them to live out of bins nowadays than try surviving in the countryside? Or maybe now they're no longer hunted, there are more of them?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Presume it's easier for them to live out of bins nowadays than try surviving in the countryside? Or maybe now they're no longer hunted, there are more of them?! BRING BACK HUNTING!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 TALLY HO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevofaz25 Posted February 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Presume it's easier for them to live out of bins nowadays than try surviving in the countryside? Or maybe now they're no longer hunted, there are more of them?! BRING BACK HUNTING!!!! Yeah- right- can see the hunt chasing the hapless fox across the Asda car park and thru Central station Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Free horse manure for rose growers thrown in as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Foz hunting is barbaric and cruel When I was in my teens me and a couple of friends freed a fox in a farmers field up near Red Lane which was caught by it's leg in a rather fierce looking trap. Probably not the most sensible thing to do but it never occurred to us that a) the fox may bite us or whilst prizing the trap apart with brute force we could have got our hands trapped ourselves Strangely enough the fox just stood there while we did it and then scarpered once free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Well it's now illegal, so it's ceased - or has it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Foxes? Commonplace. We had a badger trying to get into our back garden two nights ago. Made a right mess of the bottom of the wooden gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 How lovely. I've never seen a Badger other than the ones splattered at the sides of motorways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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