Fox Rescue

The Brewster Police Department received a call from a couple of concern citizens. While out for a walk they passed an unoccupied summer cottage and heard what sounded like an animal in distress coming from the bulkhead. They opened the bulkhead and saw a baby fox. Not knowing what to do for the animal they called for help. Animal Control Officer Lynda Brogden-Burns responded. Officer Brogden-Burns went into the basement and was able to capture the fox kit and place it in a cat carrier. The house has a crawl space under it with one section dug out as a “basement” for the water heater. It would seem that the mother fox may have gone under the house to hunt and the kits followed her. This one must have fallen in to the “basement” section with no way out and nothing the mother could do to help it.  Once in the carrier the kit started to “yap” for its mother. Officer Brogden-Burns put the carrier behind the house and watched from a distance to see if there was any sign of the mother. When the mother did not appear Officer Brogden-Burns checked the area but was unable to locate the den. The kit was too young to be on its own and it was transported to the Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable.

In another instance, Animal Control Officer, Lynda Brogden-Burns, received a call from some Brewster residents about a sick fox in their garage. Officer Brogden-Burns was able to capture the fox who was thin and had mange. The fox was transported to the Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable. The fox responded well to treatment and, five weeks later, when it was ready to be released the Wildlife Center contacted Officer Brogden-Burns. When the weather conditions were right for the release Officer Brogden-Burns picked the fox up from Barnstable and took it back to the same Brewster neighborhood it was found in. The fox, who had gained weight and now had a nice healthy coat of fur, ran off into the woods.