Royal Agricultural University students strap dead fox to a car roof

EXCLUSIVE Outrage after students at Britain’s top agricultural university strap dead fox to the roof of a car for charity rally as stunt is reported to police

  • Photo from the event yesterday showed a fox sprawled across the vehicle’s roof
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Students at a prestigious university dubbed ‘Oxbridge for farmers’ strapped a dead fox to the roof of a car during a charity rally, MailOnline can reveal. 

A photo from the fundraising event at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Cirencester, Gloucestershire shows the lifeless animal sprawled on the vehicle’s roof with each of its legs secured by blue rope. 

The students’ union stunt appeared to spark amusement among onlookers yesterday, with two spectators apparently laughing as the car passed by them and a caption on the social media photo reading ‘does it get anymore Ciren’. 

The university, whose patron is Charles III, is known for attracting the scions of wealthy farmers and counts Captain Mark Phillips, Princess Anne’s former husband, among its alumni.

A photo from the fundraising event at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Cirencester yesterday shows the lifeless animal sprawled on the vehicle’s roof

Founded in 1845 as the first agricultural university in the English speaking world, the RAU recently ranked among the top ten universities in the country for student experience

But its ‘Hooray Henry’ students have also gained a reputation for rowdy behaviour and a heavy drinking culture. 

Referring to yesterday’s incident, a source told MailOnline: ‘Given it’s a university with the motto ”caring for the fields and the beasts”, it’s a fairly clear (if not shocking) breach of their supposed ethos. 

‘The RAU is full of entitled old fogeys who are resistant to any sort of change – most are so rich they think they can get away with anything.’ 

The university said it condemned the students’ behaviour and had contacted Gloucestershire Constabulary for help identifying the perpetrators.  

However, it is unclear whether any crime could have been committed.  

Wild foxes are considered vermin, so while it is against the law to hunt them with dogs it is not illegal to shoot them humanely with a registered firearm. 

The offence of outraging public decency concerns behaving in a way that is ‘lewd, obscene or disgusting’ in the presence of at least two members of the public. 

Founded in 1845 as the first agricultural university in the English speaking world, the RAU recently ranked among the top ten universities in the country for student experience 

There is no suggestion the students will be charged with this offence.   

Students from the Royal Agricultural University were in attendance last week during a visit to a dairy farm by the Countess of Wessex.

Sophie, 58, got stuck in feeding a young calf milk during her visit to Smerrill Dairy in Cirencester.    

A Royal Agricultural University spokeswoman told MailOnline: ‘We condemn this behaviour. 

‘As soon as we were made aware of this incident, the details were passed to our Student Services team and an investigation was started immediately.

‘We have spoken to the Police and to our Students’ Union to identify those involved. 

‘We will absolutely not tolerate this kind of behaviour and will deal with those involved appropriately.’

MailOnline has contacted Gloucestershire Police for comment. 

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