As a matter of fact, the hunt is a very ineffectual way  of controlling foxes, er they record the number they kill and it's very, very few, a tiny percentage of the number of foxes there are in the countryside  clever foxes er, as indeed I think Mrs  mentioned, live in towns nowadays  er, but there are still quite a lot in the countryside fortunately and they will survive  er, though zoologists tell us er that er by instinct er they see that their numbers are controlled.