The fox took her cubs away from the territory of the kindergarten on Obruchev Street

The fox, who settled with her offspring under one of the pavilions of the kindergarten on Obruchev Street, having noticed the close attention of the bipeds, preferred to move to live in the nearest park. This was reported in the Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection of the city of Moscow.

A few days ago, a fox with six cubs was spotted on the territory of a kindergarten located on Obruchev Street in the Southwestern District of Moscow. Judging by the video footage, they lived in a hole dug under one of the verandas. On April 5, experts were called to the scene and set up live traps to trap the animals without harming them.

At the same time, experts immediately expected that the animals themselves would leave the territory of the kindergarten. In general, this is what happened. Although two foxes still fell into traps.

“Our specialists were on duty all night and set live traps. But in the morning, the fox with the cubs left the territory of the kindergarten near the Kaluzhskaya metro station and went to the nearest park. At the same time, our specialists managed to catch two cubs, but four more and their mother managed to escape. Then we decided to release the captured fox cubs so that they could be reunited with the rest of the family, ”said Sergey Burmistrov, head of the biodiversity conservation department of the Moscow Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection.

He also clarified that the concerns of veterinarians about the health of the foxes were not confirmed.

“Yesterday, our veterinarians suggested from a video that the fox cubs have scabies. But today we personally made sure that all the animals are healthy. In general, in two or three weeks, the cubs will grow to such an age that they will stop living with their mother and will scatter through the forests themselves, ”Moskva AGN quotes Burmistrov as saying.

By the way, foxes in recent years often settle in the territories of social institutions in Moscow. In the territories of kindergartens, they were noticed both in the past and the year before. They prefer to live in basements or under verandas. To avoid such a neighborhood, experts recommend fencing the area, regularly taking out garbage and not storing food waste.

Specialists urge citizens who have seen wild animals within the city to call the unified information service by phone: 8 (495) 777-77-77. Specialists will send the animals to a veterinary clinic or rehabilitation center, and then return them to their usual environment.

Alena Bodrienko.

In the photo: a screenshot of the video from the Telegram channel of the Moskva agency