Foxes increasing in Victoria as bounty opens

Rebecca Nadge
April 15 2021 - 7:30am
BUSY: Crosshairs Vermin Control operator Lee Elliott says the good season has increased fox numbers around Stony Creek in Gippsland.
BUSY: Crosshairs Vermin Control operator Lee Elliott says the good season has increased fox numbers around Stony Creek in Gippsland.

Hunters say fox numbers are on the rise following a good season and have called for the bounty to be increased, but agencies say that alone will not control numbers.

Rebecca Nadge

Rebecca Nadge

Livestock editor

Bec is livestock editor for The Land. She has previously worked for Stock & Land in Victoria, the ABC in Kununurra, and newspapers in Kalgoorlie and New Zealand. Contact her at bec.nadge@theland.com.au

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