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  DT1 - a typical townie answer. Animal welfare does not mean leaving them alone. Foxes are vermin and viscous vermin at that, who kill indiscriminately. If you have ever seen how a fox leaves a chicken run you would change your view. When young I did see it and hope never to do so again.
  
  It is not a matter of 'to kill or not to kill' them, it is about the best way to control their numbers.
  
  Shoot them by all means, let the wounded fox crawl away to die slowly. By all means let the rifle shooters kill foxes that are young fit and healthy and which would usually escape the hunt.
  
  The hunt tends to get the sick and old, giving them a comparatively merciful and quick end, survival of the fittest. It is also these old a sick foxes that tend to go for helpless prey like penned up chickens, often braving human predators because of their hunger.
  
  That is why hunting should be restored - for the sake of animals, including the foxes themselves.
  
  You again return to your characteristic toff bashing. You should really get away from this outdated left wing bigotry it does not suit you and perpetuates a myth.

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