Texel dead fox was not an island dweller
Tuesday 16 February 2010
The dead fox found by a road on the Wadden Sea island of Texel was shot and probably dumped there as a joke, a spokesman for local animal sanctuary Ecomare said on Tuesday.
Foxes are not native to Texel and a fox population could pose a danger to rare birds on the island, biologists said after the find on Monday. There have been rumours of foxes on the island for over a year.
But x-rays show the fox was hit from close range by at least 40 pellets, which indicate it was killed in a cage and dumped there, Ecomare said. The organisation now assumes the fox was brought to the island from the mainland and dumped.
In 2008 the mysterious arrival of 10 red deer on the Wadden Sea island of Terschelling surprised and puzzled local biologists. The deer, who were all later shot dead, had apparently been smuggled to the island in horse trailers.
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Monday: Between 2º and 5º with light snow or sleet. Around zero at night. Similar Tuesday
Why?
Is it the longer dark nights up north and the boredom of nothing else to do ... maybe the should have a talk with the Danes or the Laplanders about what to do on long dark winter nights!!!
Can anyone explain to me why?
Why would any go to the trouble of doing something so horrible as shooting a fox and dumping it on Texel as a joke?
Some joke!
By Gerard | February 16, 2010 3:17 PM