RSPCA Investigating After Prominent Lawyer Jolyon Maugham ‘Kills Fox With Baseball Bat’ While Wearing Kimono

A spokesperson for the organisation has since clarified that they are aware of the reports and are “looking into it”. 

The RSPCA said on Twitter that the incident was “distressing” and urged “anyone with firsthand information” to come forward. 

Maugham claimed the fox had “got caught up in the protective netting around the chickens” as he “wasn’t sure what else to do”, and said “no one should relish killing animals.” 

Government guidelines state that if a fox is caught in a trap or snare on a person’s property, they must “humanely kill any fox you catch while it’s in the trap or snare”.

Gassing or poisoning foxes is prohibited.

Maugham later apologised on Twitter to anyone who had been “upset” by the tweet, and said he had contacted the RSPCA himself to report what had happened.