Im with you on that mate, everyone goes after foxes, and brand them as vermin that need to be kept in check, but the stoat often gets a free ride? I dont get it... I was killing 200- 300 stoats and weasels per year and there were always plenty about, they are serious predators, and if you want to preserve gamebird and rabbit numbers then they should to be controlled. My dogs have marked tons for me over the years, all mine will mark predatory vermin.