“One of the vets at the place said: ‘No, these are not labradors, they’re foxes,’” Vaughan explained to CBS in Denver.
Foxes are extremely common in the areas surrounding the Rocky Mountains, which is exactly where this litter was found.
Travis Sauder, Colorado Parks and Wildlife District Manager, told CBS4 that he’s not surprised that the call was placed to the firemen. Nor that the foxes were found in the first place.
“This time of year there are a lot of animals that are starting to have their young, and they have them in small dens that are places that we can encounter when we’re recreating in the outdoors like we like to do,” Sauder said.
According to Sauder, the foxes will be taken back to the pipe, in the hope that their mother will return to take care of them.
