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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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I've not read the full story but there's nothing hypocritical about being pro conservation and wanting to manage a fox population.
Foxes will absolutely lay waste to any ground laying birds, and they have no natural predators so you can figure it where that ends up.
Is there a pro-conservation reason for stringing them up? genuine question.
Like some territory marking thing ?
That aside, fox hunting as a "sport" is traditionally a shitshow , not because of the foxes dying specifically , but because of the way it is conducted.
This doesn’t seem to be related to fox hunting (the "sport") though, perhaps the two are being conflated here, or there is some sort of link not disclosed ?
I guess they were coming back to pick them up again later?
And totally agree about fox hunting. Chasing an animal to exhaustion and ripping them apart with dogs is just savagery. Literally animal torture for fun.
That makes sense, didn't even think of that.
They are native there. Your argument lacks merit, let me be the first to downvote your despicable comment.
Oh, we should just let the predator populations explode, ensuring they hunt prey populations to extinction before they all starve to death, solving the problem altogether. Big brain idea, we need visionaries like you in charge of wildlife!