Awww...foxes

[n2doc]

Three fox pups' curiosity got the better of them after their heads got stuck in a storm drain grate for several hours in America prompting rescuers to grease their heads with washing-up liquid to free them.

Published: 8:00AM BST 17 Apr 2010



Firefighters shifted the grill while the cubs' distressed mother howled and barked for them from her nearby den but they had no tools to cut through it.

Eventually an animal rescue worker tried the washing-up liquid and managed to free all three, who were then released near their home den and scarpered back to mum.

An unnamed boy riding past on his bike discovered the stranded pups in Plainfield, Connecticut, US, and called police.

Animal Control Officer Karen Stone called the firefighters for help but when they were unable to free the cubs, she tried oiling their heads Vaseline and then corn oil.

But it was only when she soaped their heads in washing-up liquid - and ignored their attempts to bite through her gloved hands - that she was able to slide them through the grate.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7599918/Three-fox-cubs-rescued-after-getting-heads-trapped-in-grate.html

[MicaelS]

1. That would make a great LOLcat pic n/t

[WillParkinson]

2. Washing-up liquid....

Very odd phrase. But glad they're safe.

[Arugula Latte]

6. It's what the Brits call dishwashing detergent.

This is from the (London) Telegraph.

[blogslut]

3. Lucky little bastards

Hopefully the rest of their lives will be relatively uneventful.

[Flaxbee]

4. indeed. hate to think of their fate if the kid hadn't

bicycled by. Sweet little foxies.

[david13]

5. No. You could not cut thru' that grating. Only a torch could cut

that, and the heat and flame would kill them. Fortunately the soap worked.
And fortunately there were people willing and able to do something.
dc