Fox rot about Charlie

Patrick Hook responds to claims that fox numbers are dangerously on the wane

- Patrick Hook

An article that caused some concern among shooters in my area of the south-west was recently published in The Telegraph. It claimed that since the Hunting Act 2004 came into effect, fox populations have been in catastrophic decline and that urgent action was required to remedy the situation. It said the solution was to overturn the act and allow dogs to hunt foxes again.

While they were at it, the people quoted in the article made lots of other assertions, including that since "foxes are small, agile and often shot at a distance, wounding rates can be high". They also said that they didn't like snaring.

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