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You raised a good point.
I just found a survey of 746 farmers online and it said that over 75% of farmers reported no livestock losses to foxes and the overall lamb mortality rate from badgers was about 1%. Of all reported lamb deaths, 5% were due to fox predation and 50% due to starvation or disease.
Anyway, I'm much more bothered by the nearly 4,000 foxhounds that are reportedly euthanized by hunts every year. That's before we get on to the subject of feeding the foxhound puppies live fox cubs to encourage their prey drive. The whole thing is just fucked.
Shoot a fox by all means, don't breed thousands of dogs in dodgy conditions just to tear a fox apart while you sip a brandy.