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King Charles accused of hypocrisy as 12 foxes 'shot and strung' on his land
(www.dailyrecord.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2026
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In Australia they are introduced vermin and are shot on sight. They kill native animals and cause a lot of lamb losses.
Penicuik is not in Australia, hope this helps 👍
Why do you put vermin on your money then?
I took me too long to realise which vermin you are referring to.
What that about?
You say the vermin are shot on sight, then you have that same vermin on your coins.
I’ve seen flying foxes on coin but I’ve missed seeing foxes. Anyway they are still vermin like feral cats.
They meant the royals are the vermin 😏
Too obscure 🤔but hey!
Technically they're an invasive species in England too, damn Normans.
I don't think it's still invasive after a thousand years
Listen just because austria shoots kings on site well I see you have a point.
theyre a problem here in London too. They do a lot of culling here, but there are still too many
People would apparently rather the foxes starve from overpopulation or that they kill vulnerable species.
They know a lot about nature, which is why they only have time to downvote a fact they don't like. They're just too busy being one with nature...
I remember growing up we used to get hedgehogs and even ducks walking across the street.
I'm willing to accept that if could just be loss of habitat due to more new buildings that caused the downtick in their numbers. But the rampant uptick in foxes cant be ignored.
They used to be shy, slender, solitary creatures that you'd get a small glimpse of in the dead of night.
Now, they're out brazenly in the open in packs of 2 or 3, jumping on the bins and staring you down if you walk past.