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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsStranded fox rescued from iceberg by fishermen who fed him Vienna sausages
From http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/arctic-fox-rescue-iceberg-1.4720525
Stranded fox rescued from iceberg by fishermen who fed him Vienna sausages
Crew nursed the skittish, bedraggled critter back to health before setting him free back on land
CBC News · Posted: Jun 25, 2018 11:35 AM NT | Last Updated: 11 hours ago
Once the fox dried out and had some food, he lost his fear of the fishing crew. (Submitted by Alan Russell)
An Arctic fox generally isn't part of a crab fishing boat's bycatch, but one crew from southern Labrador managed just that last week.
Alan Russell of St. Lewis said his ship was about seven kilometres offshore when they spotted something on a nearby iceberg.
"We seen something on the ice. Wasn't sure what it was," Russell told CBC's Labrador Morning. "So we got up closer to it. It was a little fox, Arctic fox. And he wasn't very big. He was soaking wet, and the gulls was trying to pick at him."
The crew tried to pull him from the mushroom-shaped iceberg tip, but the skittish fox wouldn't let them close. So they used the boat to knock the ice pan down and fished the fox from the water with a net.
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Crew nursed the skittish, bedraggled critter back to health before setting him free back on land
CBC News · Posted: Jun 25, 2018 11:35 AM NT | Last Updated: 11 hours ago
Once the fox dried out and had some food, he lost his fear of the fishing crew. (Submitted by Alan Russell)
An Arctic fox generally isn't part of a crab fishing boat's bycatch, but one crew from southern Labrador managed just that last week.
Alan Russell of St. Lewis said his ship was about seven kilometres offshore when they spotted something on a nearby iceberg.
"We seen something on the ice. Wasn't sure what it was," Russell told CBC's Labrador Morning. "So we got up closer to it. It was a little fox, Arctic fox. And he wasn't very big. He was soaking wet, and the gulls was trying to pick at him."
The crew tried to pull him from the mushroom-shaped iceberg tip, but the skittish fox wouldn't let them close. So they used the boat to knock the ice pan down and fished the fox from the water with a net.
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Stranded fox rescued from iceberg by fishermen who fed him Vienna sausages (Original Post)
sl8
Jun 2018
OP
yes he is a beauty. look at his gorgeous fluffy tail. what a wonderful little fellow.
trueblue2007
Jun 2018
#3
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)1. He's a beauty. Good for those fisherman.
Now may this little critter have a long and happy life.
ailsagirl
(22,912 posts)2. So sweet
trueblue2007
(17,250 posts)3. yes he is a beauty. look at his gorgeous fluffy tail. what a wonderful little fellow.
Rhiannon12866
(207,016 posts)4. Awwww! Nice story, thanks for posting!
And I agree, he's a beautiful fox!
Fla Dem
(23,905 posts)5. Nice story. And how serendipitous they just happened to come across the poor fellow.
As the fisherman said, another day and he probably would have perished. There is such a thing as fate.