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Okay. All right. Well, we'll try again. So, we're heading over to Tooting in London today. We've got a bit of an ongoing issue with some dispersing fox cubs trying to find territory. The homeowners have had a problem. They come back from holiday and there was two cubs trapped in their garden. And I say trapped cuz these are 10-ft high walls falling down in the sort of two up, two down style houses. Anyway, these were rescued and then released, but unfortunately, one of the cubs have come back since. So, they've gotten contact with Wildlife Aid to see how we can help today and in a preventative measure for future cuz we don't want this to be happening again. After discussion with the homeowners, we
felt that rather than releasing the fox and potentially having the same issue happen again, the best option would be to create an accessible exit for the fox in the event that it should fall back into their courtyard. We could do this by creating a temporary ramp leading it back into the safe environment it had come from, allowing it to leave of its own accord. Um so, I'm just going to move this table uh into this corner. So, basically, it'll just provide us with a flat platform. These posts on this side are not long enough for it to reach from here up to there to make a ramp. So, we'll bring the table this way and we can make the ramp from here to there with those posts.
This would also mean the fox would not be put through any additional stress caused by entrapment and handling for the rescue and release purposes. I think you should be putting something at the bottom of those planks so they don't slip. In addition, the homeowners would need to prioritize their courtyard by removing all food, water, and potential hiding places to discourage the fox from attempting to set up permanent residence. Hello, mate. Are you looking at me? Come on. Fingers, fingers, fingers. There we go.
Lovely job. Well done, Sue. We go up. That's it. Off you go. You can do it. Oh. Okay. All right. Well, we'll try again. Oh, that would have worked. That would have been good. Little bit of grip. I think maybe that's all he needed. It's all right, little one. It'll be okay. It'll With the ramp being too steep, we had to come up with another solution. I'm thinking this, if he had a few he had something to grip onto, wouldn't he? Sue had the great idea of adding rubber matting and hammering slats onto the ramp to give the fox some extra grip. So, we collected pieces of wood that we
thought would be a good fit and got to work. Come on. Off you go. Come on. That's it. Good boy. Well done, you. Yay! Well done, Steve. If you like our videos, hit the red subscribe button and tap the little bell so you never miss out on our latest content.
