Last week, ISPCA Inspector Alice Lacey came to the aid of a young male fox who was trapped in an illegal snare in Dungarvan, Co Waterford. Inspector Lacey found the fox in clear distress with the wire of the snare wrapped around his abdomen.
Waterford SPCA assisted as a bolt cutters were needed to be used in tandem with a catch pole. The snare could not be fully removed and the fox was transported to City Vets Clinic in Waterford. On examination, he was a healthy fox but had torn out a tooth trying to free himself and had ripped off a nail from his foot. He was sedated and the snare was removed. He was also given some pain relief and an anti-inflammatory.
After he recovered from sedation, he was released to the same location that evening.
Inspector Lacey commented: “Thankfully I was able to rescue this poor fox before it was too late. The wire would have continued to tighten around his abdomen and caused more and more damage. I hate to think of the distress that he was in when trapped”.
We would like to give a huge thanks to Vet William and staff as well as Waterford SPCA for their help in this rescue!
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