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Yahoo
03-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Fox cub found choking to death in football net
A baby fox was found to be slowly choking to death after it got tangled up in a football net. It became trapped at a school in Basildon, Essex, and was unable to breathe properly or escape, said South Essex Wildlife Hospital. Lead vet Tom Linsel was called to the scene last week and managed to cut it free just in time. Following treatment, it was released back to its mother in the wild. The school was told to lift its nets when not in use, so wildlife could pass through easily. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Firefighters rescue fox cub with jar on its head Rescued fox 'coated in bitumen and stuck to road' Tongue-tied fox gets wrapped up with washing cover South Essex Wildlife Hospital
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Fox cub found choking to death in football net
A baby fox was found to be slowly choking to death after it got tangled up in a football net. It became trapped at a school in Basildon, Essex, and was unable to breathe properly or escape, said South Essex Wildlife Hospital. Lead vet Tom Linsel was called to the scene last week and managed to cut it free just in time. Following treatment, it was released back to its mother in the wild. The school was told to lift its nets when not in use, so wildlife could pass through easily. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Firefighters rescue fox cub with jar on its head Rescued fox 'coated in bitumen and stuck to road' Tongue-tied fox gets wrapped up with washing cover South Essex Wildlife Hospital
BBC News
03-07-2025
- BBC News
Fox cub found choking to death in Basildon school football net
A baby fox was found to be slowly choking to death after it got tangled up in a football became trapped at a school in Basildon, Essex, and was unable to breathe properly or escape, said South Essex Wildlife vet Tom Linsel was called to the scene last week and managed to cut it free just in treatment, it was released back to its mother in the wild. The school was told to lift its nets when not in use, so wildlife could pass through easily. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
29-06-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Fox 'coated in bitumen' walks after four weeks at Essex hospital
A fox cub that got covered in bitumen and then stuck to a road surface is healthy and walking again after four weeks of from South Essex Wildlife Hospital rushed to the rescue after the cub was pulled from a container of bitumen by workers on an industrial estate in north-east London last took more than 30 minutes to free each of the cub's legs after it stuck fast to the of his legs required surgery, but the hospital said the fox was now running around with no sign of a limp, and they were hoping for a full recovery soon. Bitumen is made from crude oil and is mostly used as a binder in the time of the rescue, the hospital said the fox's plight was "one of the most horrific cases we've seen in the 35-plus years of wildlife rescue".It took several days and many bottles of baby oil and WD-40 to clean the tar-like substance from its fur. However, after a great deal of care and an operation, the hospital posted on its Facebook page and said the fox was on the mend."It's been four weeks since the surgery to fix his leg (after all the work needed to remove the bitumen from his fur) and we're delighted to say that everything seems to be healing perfectly," it wrote."He is now so confident on the leg that he can run around his pen without any sign of a limp."They added that while it had taken a lot of work to nurse him back to health, "he now has a bright future ahead of him". "He still needs to recover from some muscle loss, but we are very confident that he will be 100% fixed very soon," they the cub is deemed ready, it will be released back into the wild. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
24-06-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Tongue-tied fox gets wrapped up with washing cover in Essex
A fox was left with "really nasty swelling" after getting a washing line cover wrapped around its animal was found "badly tangled" and trapped in 30C (86F) heat, the South Essex Wildlife Hospital was taken into care in Orsett where a veterinarian was able to remove the object."There is still a long way to go, but we are not giving up on her," the hospital added. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
