Dead Fox in front garden

Biggles

Dead of night, move to kerb/gutter. If you don't want to touch it, use a shovel.

vax2002

Probably poisoned they come looking for fresh water from Dog bowls and things or it could have had a knock from a car and limped in, they are full of fleas usually so be careful

Leif

Phone the local Chinese takeaway ... but don't order the pork balls on your next visit.

Bronnie

custardy wrote: »

I think the Gruffalo did it

My moggy's got a lot of neighbourhood mates. Our money's on cats with opposable thumbs.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2011/03/catswiththumbs.jpg

(That's mine on the right!)

Ebe_Scrooge

Just bury it. As long as you make sure the hole is deep enough ( about 2 foot ought to do it ), it'll slowly decompose underground and provide a bit of nutrient to the soil. That's what I did when I found a dead fox a few years ago. The nearby rose bushes seems to thrive on it !

Jonesy_McJones

We found a dead fox in the back garden at a house I lived at in Brighton a few years back. One of my housemates called the council, who came and removed it for free.

Bronnie

Jonesy_McJones wrote: »

We found a dead fox in the back garden at a house I lived at in Brighton a few years back. One of my housemates called the council, who came and removed it for free.

UPDATE

Council were really helpful, arranged for their contractors to remove it. They have just been (within 2 hours of call) and removed it, no charge.

Thank you Wirral Council, very good service. :T

k3lvc

Bronnie wrote: »

UPDATE

Council were really helpful, arranged for their contractors to remove it. They have just been (within 2 hours of call) and removed it, no charge.

Thank you Wirral Council, very good service. :T

I'd still avoid the Pork Balls in the chinese though :rotfl:

pimento

I called our local council a couple of years back about a dead rat I had found. I was advised to bag it and bin it. They couldn't decide however, whether it went in the green bin or the non-recycleables.

In the end, I de-bagged it and it went in with the vegetable scrapings.

gmgmgm

pimento wrote: »

In the end, I de-bagged it and it went in with the vegetable scrapings.

Generally not a good idea to put meat on to a compost heap, especially not a carnivore like a rat :-)

For the OP, get a grip (using marigolds or a spade) and put the fox's body in the bin- it won't hurt you.