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Agree, foxes aren't protected but badgers are, even though they arguably do more economic and environmental damage. Maybe it's because badgers were nearly wiped out but foxes never were. Too clever for their own good.You have misread my post. My question was not "whether we should manage/control the number of predators" but what qualifies a predator for protection (like the badger) or not (like the fox), which is an entirely different matter. The distinction is illogical and I was hoping someone could answer my question. The question is a legal one.
It's an injustice to expect farmers to tolerate predators without compensation. Sheep farming must increase the breeding rate of white tailed eagles. Will they just keep multiplying until the farmers give up in the face of poor economics or will something change?