I'm dead surprised that a man of your knowledge hasn't been down the Council Office and sifted through the appropriate forms for bumping-off wildlife already.
What will you do if it turns out to be a vixen? And what if she happens to have cubs?
Crossing swords again already PMK
I have no intention of bumping-off any wild life, I have already contacted my local Council their reply was;
Controlling urban foxes is difficult, expensive, and never successful In the past a number of Local Authorities tried this, but most have now given up any form of fox control. The problem is that foxes have been in urban areas for so long that they have reached a state of equilibrium, and regulate the size of their own population.
Foxes now seem to be very domesticated, they stand on a shed roof just watching our dog trying to get at them.
I have a STV 626 sonic repeller which works on my dog but not on the foxes.