The Arizona Humane Society is warning people to be certain that baby animals are actually orphans before attempting to rescue them — and to be sure of the species of the animal.
“Last week, a Good Samaritan found a den behind their shed full of tiny baby animals,” Jennifer Armbruster, senior manager of public relations at the Arizona Humane Society, told Fox News Digital via email.
The Good Samaritan, not knowing what else to do, brought the critters to the Arizona Humane Society, thinking they were domestic animals in need of help.
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There, it was quickly discovered that these animals were not typical house pets.
They were baby foxes.
“The tiny babies were then transferred to Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center, which identified them as gray foxes, where they will undergo rehabilitation and [be] released to the wild when they are old enough to …