Tolerating Reynard

I AM sure it is in the best interests of Steve Walsh (Gazette letters, August 18) to paint as grim a picture as possible of the urban fox – after all, he is a pest controller and, when confronted with an animal so full of ‘orrible sounding bugs in your garden, “who ya gonna call?”
By The Newsroom
Published 31st Aug 2011, 15:09 BST

Foxbusters, of course!

They will then quietly “remove the fox quickly with minimal disruption to people, which is a gentle enough euphamism for killing it without you having to witness it!

In truth, all wild and many domestic animals – including garden birds and turtles – tote around a whole bundle of nasties and, of course, we humans are among the worst carriers. Just think what we have spread far and wide on this planet, and I guess in the future, will carry far beyond our galaxy.

Who is poor old ET gonna call?

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Forget Reynard, the human bite alone can carry a host of other nasties – hepatitis B, hepatitis C, herpes simplex virus (HSV), syphilis, tuberculosis, actinomycosis and tetanus (not a lot of people know that!).

No, Mr Walsh, I don’t find the fox a cuddly animal at all, but as long as they are prepared to put up with the mess I and our kind create around them, I am happy to tolerate their presence in my garden.

Chris Adam Smith,

Western Road,

Littlehampton