Cool story for Fathers Day

[earthboundmisfit]

A very Happy Fathers Day to all the great Dads, Granddads, Great-Grandads, foster Dads, furDads out there - and remembering all the great ones who have passed on -

Blind Fox Is Foster Dad to Orphans

Mentors on ways of the wild to ready them for release
June 11, 2010 The Humane Society of the United States

Fred has become a super foster dad to orphaned baby foxes to help them prepare for life in the wild. Laura Nirenberg

by Julie Hauserman

A few years ago, wildlife rehabilitater Laura Nirenberg agreed to take custody of a young, wild fox because he was blind and could never be released back into the wild. She planned to use the fox in her work educating people about wildlife. What she didn’t know then was that the fox, now named Freddie, would transform into something remarkable: a foster father to orphaned baby foxes who come through her rescue organization, Wildlife Orphanage, Inc., in La Porte, Indiana.
Accident Alters Destiny

Freddie has no eyeballs, and state wildlife authorities told Nirenberg that he might have poked his head out of his den while a farmer was spraying pesticides nearby, but no one knows for sure what happened to the little fox baby. Nirenberg took Freddie in, and the two soon bonded. She was caring for Freddie for about a year when someone called and said they had some baby foxes who had been orphaned.

“The baby foxes weren’t eating, and they were crying all the time,” Nirenberg said. I said, “Bring them on out here, and we’ll put them in an enclosure next to Freddie and see if that calms them down.” He ran over and started checking them for ticks, and he started digging up chicken he had buried and passing it around to them. He immediately started digging a den...

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[Milspec]

1. Very nice

[glowing]

2. And humans are supposed to be the "humane" one's.. We need to learn and cherish

nature... NOT destroy it.

On Edit: BTW, if pesticides blinded this fox, then why are we consuming the by-products?

[earthboundmisfit]

3. No kidding!

Makes one think, doesn't it...

[onestepforward]

4. Wonderful story!

Thank you :)

[Arugula Latte]

5. Awww, so cute. It's especially nice when a male animal acts like this.

I wouldn't have been surprised if a female fox had taken the little ones under her, um, wing, so to speak, but this is really heartwarming (unusual?) because the fox is male.

[earthboundmisfit]

6. My brother had a 1/2 bobcat 1/2 (other) cat that brought his kittens home

Once his kittens were weaned, he'd bring them home to my brother's house - sit and watch them eat, wash them etc.

[sabrina 1]

7. Oh, that's a wonderful story!

Happy father's day to Freddie ~ he's cute too!

[earthboundmisfit]

8. He is remarkable!

And this was not a one-time fluke on his part - he's gone on to foster six more!

[sabrina 1]

9. Aw, he's a natural dad!

[tilsammans]

10. Wonderful story!

Happy Father's Day, indeed! :)

[Scurrilous]

11. K & R

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