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The owner of hunting dogs fired shots at a person who was trying to steal dogs from him early on Tuesday morning in Yiolou, Paphos....

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They don't mess about in Yiolou. We drove through there on sunday, and did a double take. We always look at the chicken and rabbit yard on the way through. On sunday there was the body of a young fox drapped over one of the fences. Presumably the owners put it there to warn off other foxes. It certainly got our notice!

Paphos Life wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:05 am The owner of hunting dogs fired shots at a person who was trying to steal dogs from him early on Tuesday morning in Yiolou, Paphos....

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Is that legal??


Shane

No... but it is not legal to steal someone elses dog either..

I thought that foxes were protected in Cyprus.

Are you sure Lloyd, dogs can do as much damage as foxes.

Protected from what ? I know there is no official fox hunting in Cyprus However I was told by a Cypriot, that they were hunted nearly to extinction by, you know, hunters, and that subsequently they are now protected.

Jackie

The fox in question was obviously trying to get at the chickens and rabbits when it was killed. It wasn't hunted. It was hunting.

I don't have a problem with the farmer killing that fox at all. It's only natural for a fox to hunt chickens. It's only natural for a farmer to want to stop them.

Dogs too will kill and maim chickens, sheep etc, the farmer in the UK is legally entitled to shoot any dog found chasing their animals, but I wouldn't expect to see it's body draped over a fence. That said, I hate seeing any wild life killed for being what it is.

Jackie