Rescuing animals can be both difficult and extremely stressful.<\/p>\n
Sometimes the animal in question can be stuck in an awkward place. Often it can be a tree, sometimes it\u2019s a thorny bush \u2013 in the very worst cases, baby animals have somehow gotten away from their mothers and ended up in extremely tight spaces.
\nPerhaps that\u2019s often why firefighters do so well when it comes to helping trapped animals \u2026<\/p>\n
Last week, fire captain Brian Vaughan received an alarm call and immediately understood the need for urgency.<\/p>\n
Eight tiny, black-coloured dog pups had been found stuck in a drain well. Those who made the call believed that a litter of black Labrador pups had been abandoned in the pipe by their owners.<\/p>\n
20 minutes after the fire brigade arrived, all of the animals had been successfully pulled from the drain. They appeared unharmed and were subsequently taken to the Humane Rescue Organisation in the Pikes Peak Region.<\/p>\n
It was only then that people realised they hadn\u2019t saved any dog puppies at all. In actual fact, the black pups had become a bundle of red.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the vets at the place said: \u2018No, these are not labradors, they\u2019re foxes,\u2019\u201d Vaughan explained to CBS in Denver.<\/p>\n
Foxes are extremely common in the areas surrounding the Rocky Mountains, which is exactly where this litter was found.
\nTravis Sauder, Colorado Parks and Wildlife District Manager, told CBS4 that he\u2019s not surprised that the call was placed to the firemen. Nor that the foxes were found in the first place.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis time of year there are a lot of animals that are starting to have their young, and they have them in small dens that are places that we can encounter when we\u2019re recreating in the outdoors like we like to do,\u201d Sauder said.<\/p>\n
\nThese firefighters in rescued what they thought were puppies from a storm drain… but it turns out they're red foxes!
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