whether there's something in this garden that poisoned it.
I think there's a possibility that it was deliberately poisoned - a lot of people don't like urban foxes 'cos of noise, mess, perceived potential danger to young children, etc. If so, the poison would have to have been placed somewhere where the Nasty Person had access, ie not your garden (unless it was Them Upstairs). As your cats don't roam far, they should be safe.
The alternative would be something like slug pellets, and I doubt your cats would ever be desperate enough to eat those. I doubt it was rat/mouse poison as people tend to put that down to get rid of home invasions, ie inside a property.
Still, not a nice thing to find. Well done on Doing Something, even if the result was not good. You did at least reduce its suffering, and that's not insignificant.
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Date: Monday, April 30th, 2007 10:53 am (UTC)I think there's a possibility that it was deliberately poisoned - a lot of people don't like urban foxes 'cos of noise, mess, perceived potential danger to young children, etc. If so, the poison would have to have been placed somewhere where the Nasty Person had access, ie not your garden (unless it was Them Upstairs). As your cats don't roam far, they should be safe.
The alternative would be something like slug pellets, and I doubt your cats would ever be desperate enough to eat those. I doubt it was rat/mouse poison as people tend to put that down to get rid of home invasions, ie inside a property.
Still, not a nice thing to find. Well done on Doing Something, even if the result was not good. You did at least reduce its suffering, and that's not insignificant.