The Fox ~ a scapegoat.

Sadly the Fox, for far too long, has been treated as a scapegoat by farmers. Unfortunately, too many people fall all for those tall tales told down the Pub, or those old wives tales.

The fact is, the main causes of Lamb mortality, in the UK and Ireland, are actually infection, starvation, hypothermia, hypoglycemia and dystocia. When it comes to lamb mortality, far too many farmers use Foxes as an excuse, when really other factors were actually to blame. For example - ''A recent study from Australia concluded that farmers overestimated predation to be three times more likely to be the primary cause of mortality than the published data indicates.'' 

Lamb Mortality: the main causes and timing