A rescuer who brought in an injured red fox was surprised to discover he was actually WHITE when the dirt rubbed off – and has now been able to release him back into the wild. Bo, a Leucisitc red fox has lighter pigmented fur making him appear white, but he was so dirty and unwell when he was brought into the fox unit at Pawprints Wildlife Rescue, Wirral, Merseyside, that he appeared brown.
Gray Taylor, 36, received a call from a local woman about a fox that had turned up in a state in her garden, and Gray set a trap to bring him in to nurse him back to health. Gray spent three weeks brushing Bo’s fur and giving him eye drops and started to see Bo’s true lighter pigment fur as he returned back to health.
Now Bo has been released back into the wild and “shot out the carrier.” Gray, who runs the fox unit at Pawprints Wildlife Rescue, from the Wirral, Merseyside, said: “Bo’s eyes were shut by scabs. He was a really sorry sight.
