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Staff at a Virginia wildlife center pretend to be red FOX as they feed orphaned baby kit that was less than 24 hours old when found

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Staff at a wildlife center in Virginia donned a red fox mask as they fed an orphaned baby kit that was less than 24 hours old when it was found

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Staff at a wildlife center in Virginia donned a red fox mask as they fed an orphaned baby kit that was less than 24 hours old when it was found.

Melissa Stanley, executive director of the Richmond Wildlife Center, was captured wearing a fox mask and rubber gloves while feeding the tiny kit that was admitted to the center last month.

When the kit was first found by a man walking his dog in Richmond, she was less than 24 hours old and still had her umbilical cord attached.

In a video shared by the center on Facebook, the baby kit can be seen on top of a large stuffed animal fox as Stanley fed her milk from a syringe.

The approach is to ensure that “the orphans raised in captivity are not imprinted on or habituated to humans,” the center wrote in the post.

Staff at a wildlife center in Virginia donned a red fox mask as they fed an orphaned baby kit that was less than 24 hours old when it was found

Staff at a wildlife center in Virginia donned a red fox mask as they fed an orphaned baby kit that was less than 24 hours old when it was found

In a video shared by the center on Facebook, the baby kit can be seen on top of a large stuffed animal fox as Stanley fed her milk from a syringe

In a video shared by the center on Facebook, the baby kit can be seen on top of a large stuffed animal fox as Stanley fed her milk from a syringe

In a video shared by the center on Facebook, the baby kit can be seen on top of a large stuffed animal fox as Stanley fed her milk from a syringe

Melissa Stanley, executive director of the Richmond Wildlife Center, was captured wearing a fox mask and rubber gloves while feeding the tiny kit that was admitted to the center last month

Melissa Stanley, executive director of the Richmond Wildlife Center, was captured wearing a fox mask and rubber gloves while feeding the tiny kit that was admitted to the center last month

Melissa Stanley, executive director of the Richmond Wildlife Center, was captured wearing a fox mask and rubber gloves while feeding the tiny kit that was admitted to the center last month

Stanley said Associated Press that the man who originally found the orphaned kit, even though she was a kitten, and turned her over to the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Wildlife center staff were able to locate the den site of the baby kit’s mother and three fox kits of the same age as the one in the video.

The fox’s whereabouts are still unknown, as the groundskeeper said foxes had been trapped or removed last month.

The baby kit could either fall out of a trap or into the back of the trapper’s truck, Stanley said.

“We were able to find fox kits of a similar age and weight to ours and are working to determine what is in the best interest of the foxes,” staff wrote.

‘If they are to be transferred to us, or if we are to transfer ours to them. Either way, it’s in this fox’s best interest to get it on with other foxes her own age.’

The staff have taken turns feeding the kit every two to four hours, all wearing fox masks and gloves.

While caring for the orphaned set, they ‘minimize human noises, create visual barriers, reduce handling, reduce multiple transfers between different facilities and wear masks for the species.’

Stanley told the Associated Press that the man who found the orphaned kit initially, even though she was a kitten, turned her over to the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Stanley told the Associated Press that the man who found the orphaned kit initially, even though she was a kitten, turned her over to the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Stanley told the Associated Press that the man who found the orphaned kit initially, though she was a kitten, turned her over to the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The staff have taken turns feeding the kit every two to four hours, all wearing fox masks and gloves

The staff have taken turns feeding the kit every two to four hours, all wearing fox masks and gloves

The staff have taken turns feeding the kit every two to four hours, all wearing fox masks and gloves

Meanwhile, staff at the wildlife center also found a large stuffed animal to mimic the kit’s mother and a smaller one to resemble her friend.

“The goal is to release animals back into the wild, not only to give them a better chance of survival, but to recognize their own species and to reproduce to continue their wildlife population,” Stanley said.

The kit will be transferred to the Animal Education and Rescue Organization and eventually released back into the wild, Stanley added.

Along with sharing the video of milk time, the staff launched a fundraising pagewhich has received more than $400 as of Tuesday night.

In addition to syringes and gauze, the center also needs to buy booty because it won’t be long before she transitions to a diet of solids mixed with milk and then whole booty.

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