Garden's a foxes' picnic area
Having just read the item headed "Cameron and foxes" (August 7) from Mrs Rosemary Dodd, I find myself somewhat torn between opinions on the issue of fox hunting.
From the point of view of an animal lover I agree with Mrs Dodd that this "sport" does indeed "belong to centuries gone by".
On the other hand, as a garden lover, I look out to my back garden every day and am constantly reminded of the destruction these animals are capable of.
Having spent a lot of time and money on my garden it does frustrate me somewhat to wake up each morning to find the latest evidence of the horticultural activity of our local foxes during the night.
I have had tubs turned over and emptied, plants broken from their jumping over the fence without too much care where they land, plants dug up from the ground, holes in the lawn from their digging and faeces all over the garden.
This is not to mention how my garden appears to have become a picnic area for them. If I had wanted various animal bones, remains of someone's Sunday joint and the
neighbours' litter strewn across the lawn I could have done so
myself without having to destroy my plants in the process.
One of the foxes also helped itself to a neighbour's pet rabbit recently. No prizes for guessing which garden it brought it into!
I have even found the bulbs from my garden lights removed and scattered around the garden after the fox has knocked the top off them!
So a little plea to finish if I may. I would really like to know of any way I can deter these foxes from coming into the garden. I have seen some high-frequency gadgets on the internet, but they seem to affect dogs too, and I don't think my dog would be too impressed by that!
K Gibson, Elm Green, Dudley.
