{"id":112910,"date":"2021-02-15T15:43:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T15:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=112910"},"modified":"2021-02-15T15:43:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T15:43:19","slug":"coca-cola-calls-off-fox-cull-after-backlash-from-campaigners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/coca-cola-calls-off-fox-cull-after-backlash-from-campaigners\/","title":{"rendered":"Coca-Cola calls off fox cull after backlash from campaigners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Coca-Cola is dragged into culling row after calling off plans to kill foxes \u2018causing damage\u2019 to factory in London following backlash from animal campaigners<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Coca-Cola planned to carry out a cull at its factory in Sidcup, South-East London<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Animal right campaigners threatened to boycott the soft drinks giant over plans<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Despite claims of a &#8216;mass cull,&#8217; Coca-Cola claims it only planned to kill one fox\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Coca-Cola has been dragged into a culling row after backlash from animal campaigners led it to call off plans to kill foxes it said were &#8216;causing damage,&#8217; to its London factory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The soft drinks giant was branded &#8216;barbaric,&#8217; by campaigners &#8211; but it claims it only initially set out to kill one fox at its plant in Sidcup, in South-East London.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The multi-billion-dollar company said it had ordered the cull to stop foxes damaging the site, which dates back to 1961.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It has now apolgoised and committed to finding a more humane alternative to keep the on-site fox population under control.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/02\/15\/14\/39314430-9262411-image-a-33_1613399649838.jpg\" height=\"344\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Coca-Cola was branded &#8216;barbaric,&#8217; by campaigners &#8211; but it claims it only set out to kill one fox at its plant in Sidcup, in South-East London.<\/p>\n<p>It is not known if any foxes were exterminated before campaigners forced Coca Cola into a climbdown.<\/p>\n<p>A Coca Cola European Partners spokesman said: &#8216;We have listened to what people told us &#8211; completely understand the concerns they have raised &#8211; and are sorry if anyone has been upset by the approach we took to control foxes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We can confirm that we have stopped the practice of culling foxes with immediate effect and will never do so again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are now in the process of finding an alternative, and more humane, control.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A Coca-Cola spokesperson also suggested claims it had planned a &#8216;mass cull&#8217; were exaggerated &#8211; saying it only initially wanted to cull one fox.<\/p>\n<p>It is legal to use traps and snares to catch foxes but they must then be killed humanely, according to Government guidance.<\/p>\n<p>It is also legal to shoot free foxes using suitable firearms and ammunition but guns shouldn&#8217;t be used in urban areas for obvious reasons of public safety.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the U-turn, campaigners are still furious and continued to slam\u00a0Coca-Cola European Partners&#8217; online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/02\/15\/14\/39314440-9262411-image-a-34_1613399655676.jpg\" height=\"409\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It is legal to use traps and snares to catch foxes but they must then be killed humanely, according to Government guidance. Coca-Cola committed to finding a more humane alternative to keep the on-site fox population under control<\/p>\n<p>Connie McLennan: &#8216;This is absolutely barbaric! How could you be so cruel, your monsters if this goes through!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But we&#8217;re just the little people fighting these huge corporations and CEOs who have no moral responsibilities!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s all money, politics, power, shame on you Coca-Cola.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Pauline Kempley added: &#8216;Monstrous!<\/p>\n<p>And Pauline Cross blasted : &#8216;My God what century are we in? So barbaric!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline has approached Coca-Cola for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9262411\/Coca-Cola-calls-plans-cull-foxes-Sidcup-factory-backlash-animal-campaigners.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coca-Cola is dragged into culling row after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":112909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Coca-Cola calls off fox cull after backlash from campaigners - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/coca-cola-calls-off-fox-cull-after-backlash-from-campaigners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coca-Cola calls off fox cull after backlash from campaigners - 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