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Should foxes in Regional Parks be killed?Return to HOW TO BLOG
I believe foxes in Regional Parks should be killed because they are a great threat to our native wildlife.
There are lots of good reasons to kill foxes in Australia but it is very tricky when they are in a Regional Park. Regional Parks are like National Parks but because they are close to urban areas they have different rules. Rangers cannot shoot foxes in these parks because they are too close to people's homes. But the homes actually help to increase fox numbers by providing sources of shelter and food for them.
Foxes in Regional Parks could be poisoned with 1080 but this poses a problem for people who have pets that access the park without supervision. The pets could eat the poison and die.
If rangers used traps to catch animals they could kill any foxes they caught. If they caught pet animals they could find the owners and warn them about keeping their pets on a leash in the park.
Foxes are clever animals. They survuve well because they can eat almost anything and they are good at hiding from people. I believe it is important to remove them from Regional Parks but a satisfactory method has yet to be found.
