Firemen in America frequently receive calls about animals that require saving. It could be a cat wedged in a tree or a puppy swimming in an overflowing drain–these men don’t hesitate to rescue these creatures.
One such call occurred in Colorado Springs where firemen saved a group of pups, only to find out later they weren’t “dog” puppies!
When this fire department got an urgent call about a litter of newly-born pups abandoned in a storm drain, Brian Vaughan and his team of firefighters rushed to the scene. The “pups” looked safe and the firemen carefully examined and retrieved each and every one of the pups from the drain, making a count of their number along the way. They then took the pups to the Humane Society located in the Pikes Peak Region to have them checked out and find out what breed they were.
To the firemen’s surprise, these were not black Labrador pups as they had assumed. Turns out they were Red Fox pups! These fox pups look very similar to dog pups and can easily confuse the untrained eye.
The firemen put the fox pups back in the drain where they found them so that the mother fox can come back and take care of her babies. If the fox mom fails to return, then the pups will be taken to a licensed rehabilitation facility for animals.
So remember folks, next time you see puppies in the wild, they may not actually be what they seem! Watch the video below to see this amazing story – Simply incredible! ????
