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| RSPCA investigates after lawyer Jolyon Maugham kills fox with baseball bat | RSPCA investigates after lawyer Jolyon Maugham kills fox with baseball bat |
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| The RSPCA is investigating after a prominent lawyer said he killed a fox with a baseball bat. | The RSPCA is investigating after a prominent lawyer said he killed a fox with a baseball bat. |
| Jolyon Maugham posted on Twitter on Thursday morning: "Already this morning I have killed a fox with a baseball bat. How's your Boxing Day going?" | Jolyon Maugham posted on Twitter on Thursday morning: "Already this morning I have killed a fox with a baseball bat. How's your Boxing Day going?" |
| The animal welfare charity tweeted that the claim was "distressing". | The animal welfare charity tweeted that the claim was "distressing". |
| Mr Maugham, who has brought a number of legal challenges related to Brexit, later apologised if anyone was "upset" by his tweet. | Mr Maugham, who has brought a number of legal challenges related to Brexit, later apologised if anyone was "upset" by his tweet. |
| He said the fox had got caught in protective netting around his chickens at his central London home and he "wasn't sure what else to do". | |
| "My chickens were very distressed by the fox, both before and after I'd despatched it - and I wanted it out of the way quickly," he said in another tweet. | "My chickens were very distressed by the fox, both before and after I'd despatched it - and I wanted it out of the way quickly," he said in another tweet. |
| Giving further details, Mr Maugham said he had been wearing his wife's "too small green kimono" and nursing a hangover at the time. | Giving further details, Mr Maugham said he had been wearing his wife's "too small green kimono" and nursing a hangover at the time. |
| Mr Maugham said he had spoken to the RSPCA and given them his contact details. | Mr Maugham said he had spoken to the RSPCA and given them his contact details. |
| The RSPCA said in a tweet on Wednesday night: "We're aware of a situation regarding a fox, and would like to reassure people that we're investigating. | The RSPCA said in a tweet on Wednesday night: "We're aware of a situation regarding a fox, and would like to reassure people that we're investigating. |
| "Due to a very high volume of tweets, unfortunately we can't respond to every single one, and are unable to provide further comment right now. Thank you for your understanding." | "Due to a very high volume of tweets, unfortunately we can't respond to every single one, and are unable to provide further comment right now. Thank you for your understanding." |
| Government guidelines state you can use cage traps and snares to catch foxes and you must "humanely kill any fox you catch while it's in the trap or snare". | Government guidelines state you can use cage traps and snares to catch foxes and you must "humanely kill any fox you catch while it's in the trap or snare". |
| Gassing or poisoning foxes is prohibited. | Gassing or poisoning foxes is prohibited. |
| Mr Maugham is director of the Good Law Project and has been involved in several high-profile legal challenges, including against Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks. | Mr Maugham is director of the Good Law Project and has been involved in several high-profile legal challenges, including against Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks. |