Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Make it completely illegal to trap, harm or kill foxes
Closed
479 signatures
What the petition asks
Foxes should be protected from all harm. Currently it is legally to use cage traps and snares to catch foxes, to shoot foxes, and to use dogs to stalk or flush out foxes. Badgers are protected from all of these activities and this should be the same for foxes.
Foxes are beautiful animals with their own families and deserve to be alive just like every one else. For badgers, it is an offence to:
- intentionally capture, kill or injure a badger
- damage, destroy or block access to their setts
- disturb badgers in setts
- treat a badger cruelly
- deliberately send or intentionally allow a dog into a sett
- bait or dig for badgers
We want the same rules in place for foxes.
- intentionally capture, kill or injure a badger
- damage, destroy or block access to their setts
- disturb badgers in setts
- treat a badger cruelly
- deliberately send or intentionally allow a dog into a sett
- bait or dig for badgers
We want the same rules in place for foxes.
Timeline
| 21 Feb 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Aug 2023 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
479
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
21 Feb 2023
Closed
21 Aug 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.