Second Chance Fox Rescue and Rehabilitation

14/11/2024

52% of Wildlife Gone. In just 50 years, we've lost over half of our wildlife. The numbers are staggering:
96% of Turtle doves: vanished
95% of Grey partridge: gone
75% of Skylarks: silenced
Hedgehogs: from 50 million to less than 1 million.
This isn't just about wildlife - it's about the future of our planet. We're at a crossroads. Will you stand up for wildlife?
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11/11/2024

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08/11/2024

Unreal what happened to them. Uncalled for! My heart goes out to his owners....

23/10/2024

08/10/2024

If you are following us on this page please head over to our main page Second Chance Fox Rescue and Rehabilitation Group UK and us to see all the rescues and up dates 🦊❤️

06/10/2024

These two have such a sweet and sincere friendship, i will never tire of showing you how much they choose to spend their time with eachother 🦊 🐾 🐱.

SNAPPY previously had amnesia infection called Toxoplasmosis.

Toxoplasmosis is an infectious disease caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. This parasite can infect many warm-blooded animals, including red foxes. 🦠

Even though the toxoplasmosis parasite can be treated; the damage left to the fox’s brain is irreversible. ❤️‍🩹

This deficit prevents the fox from being able to perceive dangers and/or threats in their surrounding environment.

This negatively impacts their abilities to hunt for prey and it also inhibits their capabilities of keeping themselves safe from predators.

Also, once infected with Toxoplasmosis, the fox is unable to be released as Toxoplasmosis affected foxes need testing regularly as the disease can remain dormant and reactivate silently causing unknown further damage to the fox and their cognitive abilities.

Snappy is tested every six months as a preventative measure. This is in order to try and catch any disease progression at the soonest opportunity.

Snappy is INCREDIBLY friendly. She even purrs when you give her a little stroke. 🐾 ❤️

When Snappy was first admitted, Buddy the resident cat (then kitten), instantly wanted to go and introduce himself 🤎

•• To note:
We’ve never encouraged interaction between them; as you can clearly see, they have instinctively, naturally, BEAUTIFULLY formed the most incredible, enviable bond. ❤️❤️

05/10/2024

last few months have been extremely busy here at the rescue centre and the amount of call outs we receive daily is increasing which means more trips to the vets for emergency treatment etc. This of course is a huge drain on our finances and along with the cost of the medication and food that the foxes need it is becoming increasingly difficult to cover all of the bills that need paying.
The rescue centre relies heavily on peoples very kind donations for us to be able to continue with the work we do and our group has currently over 8300 members. If each member could possibly donate just £1 a month it would help us so much in continuing with the work that we all do here at the rescue centre and thank you very much for all of you that are already donating monthly towards the foxes.
The link to our Just Giving fundraiser is here.
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/stephen-mason-497

Thank you ❤️🦊

Iʼm raising money to Vet bills and the rehabilitation of injured foxes. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

03/10/2024

EDIT:

Waiting on name confirmations from two leaves just 17 names to go. 🫢

Let’s get these funds raised.
🦊 ❤️

From George Cooper (SCFRR Fundraiser .)

One final day before we close this fundraiser, if you would like to name the fox you have until Friday 4th October ❤️

Morning all, we really need to try and fill this name the fox.
We are SO close with just 24 entry’s remaining.

Let’s try and raise some money towards Poppy’s eye condition.

🧡🧡 Just £10 per entry with the winning prize being a visit to see the fox’s and Steve at the centre and a beautiful quilted blanket.

Monies to be paid when reserving the name.
G E Cooper
20-25-36
63327485
Please put your chosen foxes name as the reference.

Please ensure you let George know the name you would like prior your payment being processed just incase I don’t update the list in time and your chosen name is already taken.

Draw will be made once all Names chosen. Good luck 🤞 fans

Waffles ✅ Mandy Bedford
Grizzly
Teddy ✅ Angie Thomas
Scout ✅ Karen Martin
Trooper
Pookie ✅ Ricco
Horace ✅ Jennifer BC
Franklin ✅ Anjie Thomas
Coco ✅ Quinton
Bernard
Skittles
Fisher ✅ Karen Martin
Fluffy ✅Vanessa Brown
Arcot
William 💙 Parvin Faridian tbc
Edward
Nibbs ✅ Anita Wythe
Brownie
Pebbles ✅ Deidre O’Connor
Dusty ✅ Moira Anne Miller
Rocky ✅ Gina Fitzgerald
Bobby
Caramel
Pippin ✅ Nicky Ricket (Steve)
Alfred
Charlie ✅ Karen Martin
Barney
Albert ✅ Cath Brace
Honey
Cuddles ✅Maria shepherd
Fudge ✅ Karen Martin
Booboo ✅ Anita Wythe
Jasper ✅ Debra l jessie (paid Steve)
Fred ✅ Sandra Walter
Stanley ✅ Holly Redman
Walter ✅ Sandra Walter
Oscar
Clive. ✅ Sally Choate
Stitch
Wally ✅ Claire Gibbens
Tommy
Champ ✅ Joanne Vine
Harry
Chester ✅Karen L Duke
Big Ted ✅ holly

02/10/2024

Absolutely thrilled to announce we have been so kindly selected by St Peter's Vets - Petersfield & Liss as:

🥇🦊 OCTOBERS CHARITY OF THE MONTH 🦊🥇

Thank you so very much 🙏

Charity of the Month

🌟 Second Chance Fox Rescue & Rehabilitation 🌟

Octobers Charity of the month is Second Chance Fox Rescue and Rehabilitation

Watch this space for more posts over the month about what the charity does and how you can help them.

01/10/2024

Not sure if anyone else is following this amazing group! Get over and support their lovely beaver Tibi 🧡 Newhouse Wildlife Rescue

That one time that people all over America rallied to save one beaver…

We posted what was happening on Facebook and before we knew it we were contacted by all the news outlets, multiple state reps, multiple lawyers, wildlife rehabbers from all over the country, animal control officers and more, all showing support and all asking what they can do to help. A petition was started, less than 24 hours ago that already has over 14,000 signatures.

I don’t think I have ever felt so broken, yet so uplifted, all at the same time.

30/09/2024

🦊🦊🦊 A fox can communicate how they feel with their facial expressions and body language.

Their facial expressions include:

1. Relaxed and Calm.
When a red fox is relaxed, its ears are upright, and its eyes have a soft, almost sleepy appearance. Their mouth is usually closed, and their facial muscles are relaxed.

2. Curious or Attentive:
A fox showing curiosity will have ears pointed forward, eyes wide open, and its head slightly tilted. This expression helps the fox gather more information about its surroundings.

3. Aggressive or Threatening:
When a fox feels threatened, its ears flatten backward, and its eyes narrow.
The lips may curl back to show its teeth, and the nose wrinkles, indicating that it is prepared to defend itself if necessary.

4. Playful:
During play, a fox may show a combination of relaxed features and alertness.
The ears are often forward or slightly turned, sometimes even flattened when excited.
Their mouth may be slightly open with the tongue visible, and there may be a “play bow” stance.

5. Fearful or Submissive:
A fearful fox will pull its ears back, and it may lower its body, looking away to avoid direct eye contact. It might also bear its teeth, but in a defensive rather than an aggressive manner.

6. Alert and Cautious:
When sensing potential danger, a fox’s ears are pointed in the direction of the sound, their eyes are focused, and their body is tense, positioned to either flee or investigate further.

These expressions help red foxes convey their emotions and intentions, which is important for social interaction, territorial behaviour, and avoiding conflicts.

29/09/2024

🦊 Someone was feeling extra playful earlier 😍🦊

Each of our long stay foxes are SO very different.

Jessica has the MOST incredible, enchanting eyes!

They are so intense - photos just do not to them any justice.

♥️ This is Jessica 🦊

Jessica was earmarked to be “disposed” of by a private pest control contractor in February 2024.

Her and another v***n had started entering the inside of the business unit and the owners were very unhappy with this.

🧍‍♂️ 🦊 Foxagon attended and tried to explain everything and instead implement humane deterrence which is more cost effective and a much better long term solution.

The land owner decided he was not compromising and if we don’t move them, they’re being shot on a certain date.

We had no time raise petitions and media campaigns. We had literally a matter of days!!

Jessica and her other friends quite obviously just associated the place with food and had been allowed or encourage to be friendly.

WE HAD TO INTERVENE.

We really didn’t want to move them because it was suspected both Jessica and Sammy were pregnant (Sammy was and Jessica wasn’t).

It was our duty of care. Think of all the little innocent lives that would have been taken, all because they had learnt to be friendly.

Knowing that if the v***ns were pregnant they could have already had their babies in dens somewhere underground, all of whom would die without their mum…

We intervened just in time.

Sammy had her cubs at the centre and they were soft released together earlier in the year 🦊

Jessica however just still seemed way too comfortable and intrigued by humans.

We decided for her safety for her to remain at Second Chance as she would be at such a high risk of human harm due to her poor perception of threats from humans.

She’s a real treasure and her and Freya have built quite the friendship since we lost our darling Peppa. 🦊 ❤️ 🦊 ❤️

***n

29/09/2024

😍🥹 You are all well and truly AMAZING!!! 🌳 😍

Earlier in the week we launched our “Help with a hedge” scheme … and I am so pleased to report we have been absolutely spoilt by you all again and we now have a fantastic total of 551 hedging plants!!! 🪴

If you brought one hedging plant or ten, THANK YOU 🥹😍