Fox Cubs Rescued After Mother Dies Thrive in Soft Release Program

Fox Cubs Rescued After Mother Dies Thrive in Soft Release Program

Two months after rescuing two fox cubs whose mother died, the cubs have grown significantly and are now in a soft release pen. They will spend about a month there before being released into the wild, showing remarkable progress in their rehabilitation.

24 Hours to Save Fox Cubs UPDATE| They Grow Up so Fast! | Transcript:

If you guys remember back to 2 months ago when we had a 24-hour rescue rescuing two fox cubs after their mom died. One of the cubs feeding on one of the chicks that we put up there. This is fantastic. Cool is that? Come on. I'll get the other two. Dan managed to reach in as she sped down the tunnel and he managed to catch her successfully. I've got them. Hello, buddy. I've got them. After 24 hours apart, seeing the two cubs greet each other was something really special.

You're We've just found out that they're outside now in one of the outside pens and they're about to go to their soft release. So, we're going to go meet them. Me and Lois are going to go see them and see what they're up to. Very exciting. They're probably quite big now. It's going to be really nice to see how big they've got in comparison to they were so diddy. yeah. I could fit them We could fit them in our hands, couldn't we? It's not these ones. So, we can go into Is it these ones down here?

Ah, here we go. They're starting to look proper little foxes now, aren't they? It's crazy having seen them so tiny. Now they're They're just proper little foxes now, aren't they? Look, he's playing. Playing with a bit of straw. They've gone from being tiny little brown balls, to proper miniature foxes. I mean just two months. They're absolutely huge, aren't they? Yeah. But And then these guys in a couple days are going to be going to a soft release pen. And then they're going to have maybe a month or so in the soft release pen

before they'll go back out into the wild. So they're really on their way to becoming wild foxes again. She's awesome.

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