AP PHOTOS: London’s red foxes get a lifeline in The Fox Project
Nicki Townsend of The Fox Project looks after a fox cub that was found barely alive in a garden behind a block of flats in London, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
PADDOCK WOOD, England (AP) — When red foxes are ill, injured or abandoned as cubs in south London and its leafy suburbs, The Fox Project is often there to help.
The critters that have both admirers and adversaries are well adapted to city life but living on the streets, alleys and back gardens of a dense urban environment can be rough.
The organization that began as an information service to educate city dwellers on coexisting with the animals rescues 1,400 foxes a year, including about 400 little ones.
Fox cubs wait in their cage inside the Wildlife Rescue ambulance of The Fox Project before being transported to a foster family where they will be released into the wild near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Fox cubs wait in their cage inside the Wildlife Rescue ambulance of The Fox Project before being transported to a foster family where they will be released into the wild near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Nicki Townsend of The Fox Project looks after a fox cub that was found barely alive in a garden behind a block of flats in London, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Nicki Townsend of The Fox Project looks after a fox cub that was found barely alive in a garden behind a block of flats in London, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A volunteer injects medicine with a syringe into the snout of a fox after being rescued at the hospital run by The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A volunteer injects medicine with a syringe into the snout of a fox after being rescued at the hospital run by The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A fox has a first look around in it’s enclosure after being treated at the rescue hospital of The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A fox has a first look around in it’s enclosure after being treated at the rescue hospital of The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
The teeth and gums of a fox are checked by a volunteer after being rescued at the hospital run by The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
The teeth and gums of a fox are checked by a volunteer after being rescued at the hospital run by The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Volunteers examine a fox cub at the hospital run by The Fox Project after being rescued near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Volunteers examine a fox cub at the hospital run by The Fox Project after being rescued near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A fox is carried in a cage after being rescued by volunteers of The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A fox is carried in a cage after being rescued by volunteers of The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A fox cub rests on a warming pad and is wrapped in a blanket after being rescued, at the hospital run by The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A fox cub rests on a warming pad and is wrapped in a blanket after being rescued, at the hospital run by The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Fox cubs wait in their cage at The Fox Project before bring transported to a foster family where they will be released into the wild near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Fox cubs wait in their cage at The Fox Project before bring transported to a foster family where they will be released into the wild near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A fox rests in it’s enclosure at the hospital for foxes run by The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A fox rests in it’s enclosure at the hospital for foxes run by The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Sue Williams, left, and Nicki Townsend examine a fox cub at the hospital run by The Fox Project after it was rescued near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Sue Williams, left, and Nicki Townsend examine a fox cub at the hospital run by The Fox Project after it was rescued near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
An ear of a fox is examined by a volunteer after it’s rescue at the hospital run by The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
An ear of a fox is examined by a volunteer after it’s rescue at the hospital run by The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Trevor Williams examines a fox that has been taken into hospital by The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Trevor Williams examines a fox that has been taken into hospital by The Fox Project near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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