Radio Blogs: Fred's Picking Up Foxes!

Fred is going to rescue foxes for the charity he works with Pilots N Paws!

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Dear Blog. So I think I told you a couple
of days ago. I'm supposed to fly. I work for
I basically work for because I don't get paid for it.
I work with an organization called Pilots and pauseum a pilot.
You guys have been listening for a while. You've heard

(00:42):
this at nauseum naugium. You're done with this, You're tired
of hearing me talk about it. But I use an
airplane to transport rescue animals around the country from kill
environments to no kill environments, new forever homes, sanctuaries, whatever.
So I was asked earlier in the week or a
need came up to fly to far foxes they called
they're called Fennec foxes. Okay, and they're two and a

(01:05):
half pounds and they're two years old and they're little,
and they got to go from Arkansas to Ohio through Illinois.
So I go to Arkansas and then I take them
to Illinois and then someone picks them up in Illinois
takes them to Ohio where they're going to live at
a place called the Walking Wild Rescume, which all they
do is this. They take in fanex, red grays, and arctics,

(01:30):
so it's only foxes there, only foxes. I guess.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
Okay, I'm here, I can oh, I can meet the foxes.
Oh my godness, you.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
Can meet the foxes, I guess. So then I started
asking a lot of questions because I mentioned this earlier
in the week, and then people started dming me, and
I was a little concerned because they're like hey, people
were like, you know, they're still vial even if they're domesticated,
and like, apparently they have little glands in their booties
and they do something called fragrant and I guess it's

(01:56):
not an awful smell, but it's an overwhelming smell. But
they do this, I guess to protect themselves and stuff.
And I'm like, well, I don't know that I want
you to fragrant my the inside of the airplane while
we're cruising along at you know, twenty four thousand feet.
I don't know, because I don't really have any like
what do you I'm gonna have to breathe that in.
I mean, they're the air recycles, but like still, I
don't Yeah, I don't know. And then it's like they

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pee everywhere. And this is because they're they're foxes, like
they're you know, so I was asking a lot of
questions and so the I guess the thing is they're
they're I'm trying to find the explanation here. I'll paraphrase
from the rescue. But it's legal to own a number
of foxes in a number of states. But I by
the admission of the woman who I'm talking to from

(02:38):
the rescue, they're terrible pets because they are skittish and
they are not They're loyal to like one person. If
they if they do eventually trust you, then they're then
you're the person. And they don't transfer relationships like like
domestic you know, dogs and cats would where you could
foster and then give it and then they'll apparently they're
like not cool with that. They're not really sohole. You

(03:02):
can't potty train them because their foxes, uh, they do
this this thing with the set anyway, so people buy
them and when they're little and they think it's cool
to own a fox, which it is, I guess if
it's a good environment for the fox. And then they
get to this age and they find out at least
they're not good pets. They're not cuddly. They don't really
talk to me. They're not coming over and saying what's up.

(03:23):
You know, they're like hiding from me because they're foxy.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
All yeah, well these are so I'm on the website,
like they have names, they tell you like how they
got and they'll live there forever too.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
They keep them forever. So because because again this is
what she was telling me, is that there's this abundance
of people go, I want to own a fox. They do,
and then they realize this isn't fun and then they
they don't know what to do with the fox anymore. So
then they they got to get them to the thing. Okay, too,
So we're going to the rescue, and they got the foxes.
But I'm a little worried, like if they're not real
nice foxes, and like what if the fox breaks out
of the little cage. And I've never really been concerned

(03:54):
before about my well being, but I mean, but she's
telling me they'll be so unfortunately, they'll be so nervous
and scared that they're not going to do anything. But
this is the only option because they got to go.
They got to get out of wherever they are. They're
in somebody's house and this woman apparently or man whoever
has them doesn't know what to do with them. Like
again bottom, oh wow, they're acting like foxes. I don't
like it anymore. Get rid of them. And so they

(04:17):
got to get to the rescue. This is the most
efficient way to get them there. The fastest is, of course,
in the airplane rather than a car.

Speaker 2 (04:23):
You'll be okay, I think so they're only two pounds apiece.
They'll be in a crete the whole time.

Speaker 1 (04:28):
That's all you need is to hear me on NBC
Nightly News on air traffic Control, like I'm being attacked
by a copy Maybe there's a fox attached to my
right ear. He would go so viral though it will
not let go if it's good for the show. As
long as the Foxes survive, you know, I'll be fine.
I'm a little scarring or something would be okay.