Have YOU Killed A Fox By Accident?

 This was posted by Wildlife Aid yesterday:

"We are disheartened to even have to do this post, but our iDot initiative is one strategy we created to try and combat these issues.

"We recently received a call regarding a collapsed fox. Sadly, when she arrived with us, she had already passed away. When possible, our vet team will carry out post-mortems to determine a patient’s cause of death. The fox arrived with a severely swollen abdomen; she would have been in a great deal of pain. When volunteer vet, Georgina, opened the vixen up, we were all shocked to discover a tangled mass of what appeared to be dog poo bags in her digestive tract.

"A study carried out in 2022 by the University of Aberdeen, involved the analysis of wild red foxes’ diet; it was discovered that dog faeces makes up a significant part. We suspect this may have been the reason the vixen had ingested the bags.

"Sadly, the prevalence of dog poo bags routinely left hung in trees, on the ground, and even in fragile nature reserves, has contributed to this vixen passing away.

"This was just one fox that we knew about, fatally impacted by an issue that is completely avoidable.

"Please, make your 'I Do One Thing' be to consider your impact on wildlife. "

Someone said taking a stick and flicking your dog's faeces into bushes or off paths is easiest. Yes it is but if a fox ingests your dog's faeces it may also take in parasites, etc., that it is no vaccinated against and that may well cause fox health issues.

We know that plastic wrapper has killed a fox. We know that a deflated party balloon that fell into woodland killed a fox. We know that dog poop bags have killed a fox. We know this because the foxes were subject to post mortems, which is not routine in the UK. When I write that we know I mean in these cases where the foxes were found. We have no idea how many others die and all because of human waste issues (if you dump your dog poop bag that is human waste -double bag and bin it when you get home).

Morons going out shooting foxes for 'fun' kills many -cubs, lactating vixens and dog foxes. Cars kill many thousands and human waste....?