The young fox was found in a residential area of Arvada with an arrow lodged in her neck in June.
ARVADA, Colo. — Four months after being shot through the neck by an arrow, a fox has been released back into the wild.
The arrow was almost three feet long, more than four times the width of the young fox.
Arvada Animal Management officers rushed the fox to the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Alliance for emergency medical care. The wound, estimated to be one to three days old, had penetrated her left shoulder and exited through the right side of her neck.
Emily Davenport, the wildlife rehabilitator who saved the fox, described her survival as nothing short of a miracle.
“If she had not been brought in for medical attention, it would have absolutely been detrimental to her life,” said Davenport.
X-rays revealed that the arrow narrowly missed vital tissues, airways, …