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The Good Boy Dog Recovery group is used to rescuing dogs, but after a fox was caught on camera with what appears to be a plastic drainage pipe stuck around its neck, the animal lovers decided to step in and try to save the furry friend.
Nicknamed “Sly,” the fox has been spotted roaming around Broomall in Delaware County with a pipe stuck around its neck.
“I didn’t think anything else of it until i started seeing things on social media,” said Bill Shukar, who caught the fox on his chicken coop’s camera.
Other neighbors — and Good Boy Dog Rescue — took notice of Sly as well.
“We specialize in catching the uncatchable,” said Colleen Bell, the president of Good Boy Dog Rescue.
The group has set up feeding stations and is using drones and surveillance cameras to try and catch the fox.
“It’s very important that we figure out his path of travel to be able to set up feeding stations and live cameras,” Bell said. “And at the perfect time, we’ll set a trap and catch him.”
Bell said Sly has been spotted at least twice in the past three weeks with the pipe around its neck. And even though Sly looks healthy in the pictures so far, winter will present a challenge if the pipe is not removed.
“It is limiting his mobility a little bit,” Bell said. “He looks like he is a healthy weight, so he’s able to eat and drink. But as the winter comes, he’s going to have more trouble hunting. He doesn’t have full mobility of his neck, so we’re eager to get it off.”
If you see the fox don’t approach or chase it, Bell said. Instead, take a picture and send it to the Good Boy Dog Recovery team on Facebook with a date, time and direction of travel.
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Kelsey Kushner and Brendan Brightman
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