who not use a snare, i run several of these and have caught around 40 foxes in them this year, they are easy to set and normally only cost around £1.50 each, and if you dont have a gun handy you can legally kill the fox with a hammer or similar heavy object to the head
I'm utterly horrified that you would suggest such a thing. Aside from the legality, the moral and humane arguments are massively stacked against using such a cruel and indiscriminate form of 'pest' control...
http://www.antisnaring.org.uk/briefly
Under the Act it is an offence for a person:
to set a self-locking snare in such a way as to be calculated to cause bodily injury to any wild animal. (Section 11(1)(a).)
to kill or take any wild animal using a self-locking snare. (Section 11(1)(b).)
to set a snare (or other article) in such a way as to be calculated to cause bodily injury to any animal listed in Schedule 6 of the Act (e.g., a badger). (Section 11(2)(a).)
to kill or take any animal listed in Schedule 6 of the Act (e.g., a badger) using a snare. (Section 11(2)(b).)
who sets a snare to fail to inspect that snare (or have someone else inspect it) at least once every day. (Section 11(3)(b).)
to set any type of snare unless they are an 'authorised person' under the Act (that is, the owner or occupier of the land on which the snare is set, any person authorised by the owner or occupier of the land, or a person authorised in writing by the Local Authority for the area. (Section 27(1).)
to possess a snare for the purpose of committing any of the above offences. (Section 18(2).)