dead fox on Bellenden Road - no action from Council

[DiD]

There's a dead fox outside the scout's hut on the pavement on Bellenden rd, and its been there all day. I (and I think several others) contacted the council and they said it would be removed in 4 hours (including on weekends) but its still there, with blood all over the pavement. I suppose it will stay there all night now. Quite distressing.

I contacted a local animal charity and they said it was the council's job.

I'm not asking for suggestions, just grumbling about Southwark.

[Green Goose]

Why moan about Southwark? They don't do road cleansing 24/7.

It's only road-kill and no big deal.

If it bothers you that much why dont you uput it in a bin bag then tip it in your brown bin.

DiD Wrote:

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> There's a dead fox outside the scout's hut on the

> pavement on Bellenden rd, and its been there all

> day. I (and I think several others) contacted the

> council and they said it would be removed in 4

> hours (including on weekends) but its still there,

> with blood all over the pavement. I suppose it

> will stay there all night now. Quite distressing.

>

>

> I contacted a local animal charity and they said

> it was the council's job.

>

> I'm not asking for suggestions, just grumbling

> about Southwark.

[DiD]

A) its huge

b) there is a lot of blood

c) On their website, when I reported it(11am this morning) they sent a reply to say they will clear it within 4 hours -- they do this 7 days a week, as long as its reported between 9 and 5.

If they had said "we don't do this stuff on weekends, cutbacks, etc...sorry"...then that would be fine. But they didn't.

[hammerman]

Difficult one and depends on how squeamish you and others are but I would have been out there tonight if it was where I live.

If it had been a cat or a dog I'm sure something would have been done by now.

[Mands]

Was it a road traffic accident? Just asking as there is that cat killer that goes around killing cats & foxes.

[Green Goose]

Mands Wrote:

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> Was it a road traffic accident? Just asking as

> there is that cat killer that goes around killing

> cats & foxes.

What evidence do you have that there is a "cat killer" around who also kills foxes? Even if there is a "cat killer" around then it is highly unlikely that a fox would become a victim. They are very wary, very intelligent and fast.

[Penguin68]

What evidence do you have that there is a "cat killer" around who also kills foxes?

Try reading the forum. Quite a lot of evidence - for cats and foxes. These may well be either trapped or take poisoned bait. The details are not, I think, made public.

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1636757

[jacks09]

Green Goose, its actually a hugely distressing set of incidents with a ton of evidence.

SNARL are coordinating responses.

[DiD]

Mands, no idea, as I didn't want to get close enough to tell (I'm quite squeamish). He's in an odd position for a traffic accident, and there is blood pouring out of what looks like his mouth....but I gather the cat killer mutilates and there are no mutilations that are obvious. Though as I said, I didn't want to get too close!

this is the other reason I thought the council should collect it, though, to see if there were any links to the cat killer.

[DiD]

Fox has finally been removed

[steveo]

Foxy! Nooooooooooo...!

[singalto]

Green Goose, there has been a lot about the cat killer also killing foxes on the EDF so Mands point is absolutely valid.

[Mands]

Thank you Singalto. My question was simply to find out whether or not to contact Snarl if it was not a RTA.

[pommie]

I would have put it in a bin liner myself, it wouldn't be the first time I have

[singalto]

Has the fox finally been collected? If not, SNARL might well be interested, Mands..

[Mands]

It was collected.