 He uses traps and poison to try to kill as many foxes as possible; however, the poison also kills domestic animals.After a human child dies from eating it, the humans remove all of the poison, then the Master organizes a hunt in which large numbers of people line up and walk straight into the woods, flushing out foxes to be shot.The aging Tod escapes all three events, as well as an attempt at coursing him with greyhounds.