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Chief Big Taw
Try a couple have a heart box traps yourself. Maybe you can remove them
You can get a permit to do this from game management
It would be illegal to relocate the fox after being caught it’s a rabies vector species
Try a couple have a heart box traps yourself. Maybe you can remove them
Does this arborist also take down the trees and remove them? Be a good reason to convince you that the trees were getting uprooted. I see them as making a den and that is it. It is not like they are going in the den and continuously mining around in there. For what it is worth my parents have a white pine, been leaning severely for 15 years, top died out about 7 years ago. It is still standing just as it was.Thanks for the replies everyone!
Let me help clarify the situation a bit better.
I forgot sarcasm doesn't translate well online. The shooting comment was a joke.
I live on less than a quarter acre so their den takes up half the backyard. The den is only ten yards from back porch. We have let them be until now because they have been cute and fun to watch. I noticed the damage was getting worse to the yard etc, but I wanted the pups to grow up before doing something, to give them a better chance wherever they end up.
We brought out an arborist to check on the trees and we were told that the den is starting to uproot and go under two tall pine trees. If they were to fall they would likely fall on my house. And these trees are big would do catastrophic damage. Not ideal and hence why I reached out for help.
I have also called a wildlife consultant who quoted us an outrageous price.
I have been unable to find anything about disturbing dens to be illegal, so if someone happens to have that handy, let me know.
thanks again.
27-1-30. Disturbing or destroying wildlife habitats
Except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, it shall be unlawful to disturb, mutilate, or destroy the dens, holes, or homes of any wildlife; to blind wildlife with lights; or to use explosives, chemicals, electrical or mechanical devices, or smokers of any kind in order to drive such wildlife out of such habitats, provided that this Code section shall not apply to poisonous snakes.
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Plus If you do this at this point the fox will still be there just without a den.
If they are run from one den and there are food sources that they want like chickens won't they just find another den?