Daryl Panther, who has managed to catch eight foxes on the fence line between Kathy McDonald and me, has put the following notice in our local Halls Gap newsletter.
Expressions of Interest
Around six properties are required in Halls Gap to trap foxes; these animals are a great threat to our wonderful native wildlife.
A local licensed professional fox trapper would like to help reduce the number of foxes living in the Halls Gap area without using any poisons or guns. The traps used would be soft jaw restraining traps that hold the fox by the leg without causing injury or excess pain.
The properties required can be from large house blocks to acres, and need to have permanent human residents living on or next door to the site. They would have to be pet free properties and not rented holiday houses.
The trapper would set the trap, maintain the traps from time to time and remove any trapped foxes. All the property owner would be required to do would be to check the traps daily, and if there is an animal in the trap to call the trapper.
If you would like to be part of this environmental program please ring Daryl on 0428 564 806 or email .
Let’s hope Daryl’s offer gets taken up. There are hearsay reports of tourists and even some locals feeding foxes within the township.