Why is this veterinary assistant dressed like a fox?

Why did veterinary assistant Melissa Stanley wear a large, furry fox mask to work? Because that’s what was best for her patient, of course. 

Stanley is the executive director at Richmond Wildlife Center in Virginia, which posted a viral video this week of a person in a fox mask and latex gloves feeding a baby fox with a syringe.

That person is Stanley, and the hungry little patient is a kit who had been separated from her mother before her eyes had fully opened.

“The last thing I wanted to happen was for me to be in the process of feeding her, and her

This story was originally published on  CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/fox-mask-1.7144344?cmp=rss.

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