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King Charles accused of hypocrisy as 12 foxes 'shot and strung' on his land (www.dailyrecord.co.uk)

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King Charles has been accused of hypocrisy after 12 foxes were “shot and strung up like trophies” on Crown Estate land, we can reveal.

The grim discovery in countryside owned by the monarch, near Penicuik, Midlothian, sparked a police probe and comes as Charles claims to be at one with the natural world in a documentary out this week.

Campaigners have written to the King urging him to intervene after images obtained by the Sunday Mail showed the slaughtered animals, with some of the bloody carcasses draped over a fence near a publicly accessible path.

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[–] Senal@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

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 ?

[–] CouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

I guess they were coming back to pick them up again later?

That makes sense, didn't even think of that.