{"id":583256,"date":"2021-02-24T13:15:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T18:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/?p=583256"},"modified":"2021-02-24T13:15:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T18:15:34","slug":"calling-all-fox-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/bbtw_updates\/calling-all-fox-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling all fox fans!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever seen a red fox? In most parts of Canada, a red\nfox isn\u2019t too far away. These large, intelligent foxes live in urban and rural\nenvironments. They also live in many places around the world, including the\nUSA, Europe, North Africa and Australia. You might think, based on the red\nfox\u2019s name that its coat is, well, red\u2026 but not always! Red fox fur is\nsometimes silver, brown or even black. They have lovely bushy tails that help\nthem with balance and help to keep them warm in chilly temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Fox Grows Up<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dog and vixen (that\u2019s a male and female fox) make great\nparents. When they\u2019re ready to start a family, they find a cozy den to have\ntheir babies, sometimes using the burrow of another animal. When their pups are\nborn in the spring (between 1-10 are born at once, but 5 is average), the red\nfox parents care for them throughout the summer. In the beginning the pups are\nfed pre-chewed food by their parents, but eventually they learn to hunt for\nthemselves. It only takes a few months before the little foxes are ready to\nhead out into the world on their own!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They need our help!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They might be known for their ability to make their homes in\na wide range of different ecosystems, but no matter where they live, red foxes\nrely on undisturbed habitat to raise their pups in. Sadly this habitat is\ndisappearing, which is why it\u2019s so important we conserve and restore the\nnatural spaces where they\u2019re found, like southern Ontario\u2019s Lathrop Nature\nPreserve \u2013 and that\u2019s where you come in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lathrop Nature Preserve (Photo by Noel Boucher)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Earth Rangers is working with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) on a project that will help rebuild and replant this important habitat. The Lathrop Nature Preserve is over 100 years old and besides being home to our fox friends, did you know it\u2019s also home to a wetland that helps fight climate change?! Not only do wetlands help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, they also help us deal with the effects of climate change by preventing extreme weather events like floods and droughts. Pretty cool right? Do your part to help protect this important natural space by adopting a red fox today! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Have you ever seen a red fox? In most parts of Canada, a red fox isn\u2019t too far away. These large, intelligent foxes live in urban and rural environments. They also live in many places around the world, including the USA, Europe, North Africa and Australia. You might think, based on the red fox\u2019s name […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":583287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,931],"tags":[205,1321,943,1320],"class_list":["post-583256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bbtw_updates","category-all","tag-fox","tag-nature-preserve","tag-ncc","tag-red-fox"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t