Pennsylvania animal nonprofit searching for fox seen with tube around its neck
A Delaware County, Pennsylvania, nonprofit is asking for residents' help to save a fox with a plastic tube stuck around its neck.
GoodBoy Dog Recovery is calling the fox "Sly." They shared photos on Facebook showing the fox and asking residents to reach out with information.
He was seen in Broomall and Havertown and the organization has cameras and a feeding station set out for the animal. GDR said the group has contacted licensed wildlife rehabilitators.
A video of the fox was captured by a camera inside Bill Shuker's chicken coop earlier in October.
"Looked like it had something around his neck," Shuker said. "Possibly got its head caught in something, or what I originally thought was maybe some sort of tracker, so I didn't think anything of it. Kind of chalked it up that maybe it was a tracker. Showed it to a couple of friends at work and went about my day."
It didn't take long for one of Shuker's neighbors to also spot the fox and send a photo of it to Collen Bell with GDR.
Bell is now searching for the fox, which she believes has part of a drainage pipe stuck around its neck.
"That probably happened as he was exploring through some debris, looking for rodents trying to find food, and it just got lodged around its neck," Bell said.
Bell has since set up a tracking camera and a feeding station outside of Shuker's chicken coop.
Bell said she hopes to find the fox soon because the pipe is making it more difficult for him to drink and eat.
"There is a sense of urgency before his health starts to decline; we would like to be able to trap him and get this off of him," she said. "Get him to safety and return him back to his territory."
Anyone who sees the fox should avoid interacting with it and instead call GoodBoy Dog Recovery with its whereabouts at 484-485-0706.
