Fox hunting in Tamworth
Fox destroys couple's conservatory - Telegraph
Mr Langford, a retiree, said: "We had seen this fox cub playing around the house, and we thought it had been in a car accident.
"Other people had said it was quite tame and not frightened, so we gave it food. But we became worried about it, so my wife rang the RSPCA, as we weren't sure what to do.
"The RSPCA said the best thing to do was to encourage it into the conservatory, my wife offered it some food, and being quite relaxed, it was happy to follow her in there."
He added: "It was OK in there for a while, as he had some food. But as soon as he realised he was trapped, he went berserk."
The couple's conservatory was torn apart by the cub, who scratched his way through their curtains and carpets.
They waited five hours for the RSPCA to arrive.
Mr Langford added: "After about 15 minutes or so, they (the RSPCA) rang and said that it was so badly infected, there was no other alternative than to put it down.
"They said it had many contagious diseases, we had to clear out the whole conservatory - absolutely everything.
"We had to strip the whole place. The curtains, blinds, pictures it made a total mess."
The couple even had to take their beloved cat to the vets.
If you lock an injured wild animal in your home what do you expect? Of course under the Hunting Act hunting may be undertaken for the purpose of relieving a wild mammal's suffering if it is believed to be injured. But it is a requirement that "reasonable steps are taken for the purpose of ensuring that as soon as possible after the wild mammal is found appropriate action (if any) is taken to relieve its suffering". Waiting around for five hours for the RSPCA to turn up would seem to fail that test....