Man who tied dead fox to his garden gate is forced to flee his home

Man who tied dead fox to his garden gate is forced to flee his home

Mangalore Today News Network

Aug 04, 2017: A man who had a dead fox tied to his garden gate is said to have fled his home after being ‘named and shamed’ online.

 

A Facebook group was set up calling for action against him after gruesome pictures were widely circulated.

Shocked neighbours called the police and RSPCA after they found the fox strung upside down on the metal gate.

Local residents claim the fox had been caught in a snare and the metal wire had cut through its neck, before it was hung up as a ‘trophy’.

A campaign calling for ‘action’ against the man, who lives in Minster-on-Sea, Kent, was set up on Facebook.

Angela Walder, former chairman of the Sheppey branch of the RSPCA, said: ‘I was horrified and disgusted. This was an appalling way to die. The fox must have been in terrible agony. I hope the RSPCA prosecutes.’

But an RSPCA spokesman said there was ‘insufficient evidence’ of a breach of the law to support any further action.