“Third times the charm!
Our rescue team has been tracking this injured red fox from Plymouth for the past three weeks and today on our third attempt we were able to safely capture him! We were first called out to assess him at the end of December and noticed immediately he displayed the classic signs of mange-missing, patchy fur and crusted skin lesions especially around the eyes leaving him with a squinted appearance.
Despite his condition he was able to evade our first attempts on the beach. It is dangerous to continually chase animals to try and get them into care because it can stress them out increasing their heart rate and respiration rate to the point of causing them to potentially arrest so we waited for another opportunity.
New England Wildlife Center photo.…