There's a fox in my yard

[Ms_Ann]

and it has a broken leg.

 

[renard_ruse]

One of my relatives?

 

[renard_ruse]

Do you have a wildlife rescue group in your area?

 

[Conager]

Do you have a wildlife rescue group in your area?

Or a gun?

 

[Ms_Ann]

Probably has a family of kits somewhere.

 

[Liar]

I recommend slow cooking with thyme, cranberries, parsley and chives.

 

[thør]

I recommend slow cooking with thyme, cranberries, parsley and chives.

The Polar Eskimos described in "The Last Kings of Thule" would eat fox, boiled, but only after all their other foodstuffs were gone. Caribou shit for dinner was preferable to boiled fox.

 

[silver gurl]

Call a rescue, if there are none, than the police.

We have fox everywhere around. They are harmless. Lovely animal.

 

[thør]

Call a rescue, if there are none, than the police.

We have fox everywhere around. They are harmless. Lovely animal.

Unless rabid.

I have seen one carrying a whole dead cat in it's mouth. The cat seemed bigger than the fox.

 

[Libsam]

Call Billy!!

http://pestcemetery.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Picture-92.png

 

[sircumvent]

and it has a broken leg.

What did it say?

 

[Ms_Ann]

What did it say?

I don't speak fox.

 

[pollynova]

Call the Department of Natural Resources or the Game warden! They know how to help wild animals!

Prayers for the poor little fox.

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/juniper-fox-happiest-instagram-9.jpg

 

[Ms_Ann]

It probably limped off 20 miles by now.

 

[pollynova]

It probably limped off 20 miles by now.

Still, you should call them and let them know there is hurt fox in the area.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Still, you should call them and let them know there is hurt fox in the area.

I don't know what it's like in your area but here I would be subjected to some serious laughter and "can't you shoot it?"

 

[warrior queen]

If you weren't serious about doing something to help the poor fox, what was the point of this thread?

 

[Ms_Ann]

If you weren't serious about doing something to help the poor fox, what was the point of this thread?

You of all people should know there is no point.

 

[warrior queen]

You of all people should know there is no point.

No matter what you think of me on this board, there is no way I would ever leave an animal in pain or distress if it were at all possible to do something about it.

 

[Ms_Ann]

No matter what you think of me on this board, there is no way I would ever leave an animal in pain or distress if it were at all possible to do something about it.

What would you have done?

 

[warrior queen]

What would you have done?

If would have made an effort to contain it and then called my local ranger.
Failing that, I would have shot it myself and if there was a chance it had pups, notified the ranger anyway.

 

[Ms_Ann]

If would have made an effort to contain it and then called my local ranger.
Failing that, I would have shot it myself and if there was a chance it had pups, notified the ranger anyway.

Even on three legs it could out run me by 3 miles. You, 5 miles. If it survives, the coyotes will handle it. If it had been a chicken, I would have run out and smacked it in the head with a meat hammer.

 

[warrior queen]

Even on three legs it could out run me by 3 miles. You, 5 miles. If it survives, the coyotes will handle it. If it had been a chicken, I would have run out and smacked it in the head with a meat hammer.

Still - the fact that you [apparently] have not alerted any wildlife authority smacks of a level of callousness I could never have.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Still - the fact that you [apparently] have not alerted any wildlife authority smacks of a level of callousness I could never have.

Yeah...that doesn't happen here. Maybe in your LaLa Land.

 

[Libsam]

Public Service Announcement:

Trying to contain an injured wild animal is a really bad idea.