A fox cub taken in by a rescue centre after being found beneath the body of his dead mother has got a new surrogate parent - a three-year-old mongrel dog.
Twelve-week-old Tod - named after the cub who befriends a puppy in the Disney film The Fox and the Hound - was adopted by the British Wildlife Centre.
Samantha Johnson, a worker at the centre, in Newchapel, Surrey, then took him to her home in nearby Lingfield.
She said her dog Molly "just took to Tod and is now his surrogate mother".
"He follows her everywhere," Ms Johnson added.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Orphaned fox cub adopted by dog
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I would guess because female dogs can be crazy-mean when they go through later pregnancy. Sometimes they wont even let the father close. Even after the pups are born, the female is very protective. I imagine that it's a poor choice of words for a human. Especially if the circumstances are similar :P
Normally female dogs aren't mean though... it's a weak use of the English language.
Source of Information: Worker at a very humane breeder.
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