FOXES IN WAR - TIME
Sm,—The author of " Country Life " notes in your issue of October 6th discusses the question of whether foxes should be allowed to breed in war-time. In some districts the fox is undoubtedly a destructive creature ; but now, no less than in peace-time, care should be taken not to disturb the balance of Nature. In the county of Pembrokeshire, where foxes are rarely seen, rabbits, their normal prey, are already so numerous that the damage done to growing crops exceeds the food value of these creatures. At this time the fox might well take his rightful place in our fauna : to be kept under control in districts where he is clearly a pest, and left un- molested where his presence is of economic value.—Yours (Secretary, National Society for Abolition of Cruel Sports). 253 Cowley Road, Oxford.
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