Presenter Paul Gambaccini has been chasing off randy foxes mid-romp because he can’t stand their horrible sex noises.
The cunning creatures cause such a racket in the night, the 74-year-old suggested fox birth control pellets as a “practical and humane” solution. DJ Paul said: “It’s absolutely horrific,” and likened the noise outside his home in Kennington, south London, to “children being tortured”.
He said foxes had even peed on his Financial Times. Trevor Williams, of The Fox Project charity, said foxes are a “pretty quiet population” apart from during mating season in January and February.
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Paul, who has hosted shows on almost all the BBC’s national radio stations, faced a backlash after his Radio 4 moan, meanwhile.
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One disgruntled X (formerly Twitter) user complained in response: “Foxes have been living in London for over a 100 years. Yes they make a noise, dig, pee & poop but they play a vital role in keeping the rodent population at bay. You could always try ear plugs at night!” Another wrote: “Yep, people gotta fill air space with whinging… a lot of human issues to deal with first before picking on wildlife which cannot argue the point back on @BBCr4today… nature is very rarely greedy and usually always finds a balance (unless interfered with).”
A third penned: “Considering that there’s only an estimated 357,000 foxes in the UK people like Paul Gambaccini should be happy to know that foxes are in their area.” And a fourth hit out: “What a pathetic story. Gambaccini recently moved to a nice urban green space. Can’t cope with animals there. No different to folk moving to the countryside and complaining about the cockerels.”
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According to the RSPCA removing foxes from gardens can prove dangerous to the animal as releasing it elsewhere is likely to be in another fox’s territory. It adds: “The best solution for you and the fox is to use the non-harmful methods of deterrence.
“If a fox is removed from the garden, but the environment stays the same, then other foxes will move in to take advantage of the empty territory. If you can remove whatever was attracting the fox – such as food sources or shelter – then this fox will leave, and other foxes won’t move in.”
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Bronx-born Paul, who is also known as ‘The Great Gambo’ and ‘The Professor of Pop’ joined Classical FM in 1992 before making the move to BBC Radio 3 in 1995. He later moved back to Classic FM, however, before combining the role with a slot on BBC Radio 2 in 1998.
After seven years presenting Pick of the Pops, he was replaced in August last year by Steve Wright, before announcing a new Radio 2 show two months later – Sunday Evening’s The Gambaccini Collection.
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