I'm not talking convenience, I said if a fox is indeed being a pest, I.e killing livestock then it is understandable that the farmer will seek to protect his livestock. Nobody would argue that a farmer should sit by while a fox or any other animal for that matter kills his livestock.
But taking into account the death of lambs for example from foxes accounts for under 1% of total deaths, in reality the need to control foxes is virtually non existant. However, for the benefit of those who argue the need to kill them then I am suggesting more humane ways of doing it.
It's not about philosophy and I am in not condoning killing in cold blood for the sake of it.
The simple fact is Hunting has nothing to do with controlling the fox population.