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FEATURE - Fuchs Charlie und Terrier Maddy sind gute Freunde
Photographer Richard Bowler captured these charming pictures of a young abandoned fox he has adopted - along with his friendly nine-year-old terrier Maddy.
Richard, who lives on a rural smallholding near Corwen, Wales, took two-year-old Charlie on after he was abandoned on a patio in Hertfordshire for seven days. Charlie and Maddy have bonded and play together every day.
Describing Charlie's plight, Richard explains: "The lady of the house tried three times to get a well known animal charity to help but they didn't come out. I was contacted as a last resort. His back legs were very weak when we took him in, probably due to the lack of calcium from not having his mother's milk at such a young age. We bottle fed him every three hours and soon his legs strengthened. Like Rosie, a previous abandoned fox, he bonded with Maddy, who is nine now. He loves having a rough and tumble with Maddy. We live in an area heavily surrounded by sheep farms and foxes are constantly persecuted, snared, shot or hunted with dogs, so releasing him would mean he would be killed pretty quickly. Like Rosie he has a good life on our smallholding, plenty of space and fun. I like to use the photographs I take of the foxes in my care, to highlight what a wonderful and misunderstood animal they are. Now, in the countryside their numbers have reduced by between 40-44%, so need protecting. It's impossible to pose a fox for a photograph, so it was a case of setting up and directing a flash to where you hoped he'd stand and wait."
Where: near Corwen, United Kingdom
When: 28 Mar 2019
Credit: Richard Bowler/Cover Images
Where: near Corwen, United Kingdom
When: 28 Mar 2019
Credit: Richard Bowler/Cover Images
**CREDIT: Richard Bowler/Cover Images
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FEATURE - Fuchs Charlie und Terrier Maddy sind gute Freunde
Photographer Richard Bowler captured these charming pictures of a young abandoned fox he has adopted - along with his friendly nine-year-old terrier Maddy.
Richard, who lives on a rural smallholding near Corwen, Wales, took two-year-old Charlie on after he was abandoned on a patio in Hertfordshire for seven days. Charlie and Maddy have bonded and play together every day.
Describing Charlie's plight, Richard explains: "The lady of the house tried three times to get a well known animal charity to help but they didn't come out. I was contacted as a last resort. His back legs were very weak when we took him in, probably due to the lack of calcium from not having his mother's milk at such a young age. We bottle fed him every three hours and soon his legs strengthened. Like Rosie, a previous abandoned fox, he bonded with Maddy, who is nine now. He loves having a rough and tumble with Maddy. We live in an area heavily surrounded by sheep farms and foxes are constantly persecuted, snared, shot or hunted with dogs, so releasing him would mean he would be killed pretty quickly. Like Rosie he has a good life on our smallholding, plenty of space and fun. I like to use the photographs I take of the foxes in my care, to highlight what a wonderful and misunderstood animal they are. Now, in the countryside their numbers have reduced by between 40-44%, so need protecting. It's impossible to pose a fox for a photograph, so it was a case of setting up and directing a flash to where you hoped he'd stand and wait."
Where: near Corwen, United Kingdom
When: 27 Mar 2019
Credit: Richard Bowler/Cover Images
Where: near Corwen, United Kingdom
When: 27 Mar 2019
Credit: Richard Bowler/Cover Images
**CREDIT: Richard Bowler/Cover Images
Editorial Use Only** (FOTO: DUKAS/COVER IMAGES)
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FEATURE - Fuchs Charlie und Terrier Maddy sind gute Freunde
Photographer Richard Bowler captured these charming pictures of a young abandoned fox he has adopted - along with his friendly nine-year-old terrier Maddy.
Richard, who lives on a rural smallholding near Corwen, Wales, took two-year-old Charlie on after he was abandoned on a patio in Hertfordshire for seven days. Charlie and Maddy have bonded and play together every day.
Describing Charlie's plight, Richard explains: "The lady of the house tried three times to get a well known animal charity to help but they didn't come out. I was contacted as a last resort. His back legs were very weak when we took him in, probably due to the lack of calcium from not having his mother's milk at such a young age. We bottle fed him every three hours and soon his legs strengthened. Like Rosie, a previous abandoned fox, he bonded with Maddy, who is nine now. He loves having a rough and tumble with Maddy. We live in an area heavily surrounded by sheep farms and foxes are constantly persecuted, snared, shot or hunted with dogs, so releasing him would mean he would be killed pretty quickly. Like Rosie he has a good life on our smallholding, plenty of space and fun. I like to use the photographs I take of the foxes in my care, to highlight what a wonderful and misunderstood animal they are. Now, in the countryside their numbers have reduced by between 40-44%, so need protecting. It's impossible to pose a fox for a photograph, so it was a case of setting up and directing a flash to where you hoped he'd stand and wait."
Where: near Corwen, United Kingdom
When: 25 Mar 2019
Credit: Richard Bowler/Cover Images
**CREDIT: Richard Bowler/Cover Images
Editorial Use Only** (FOTO: DUKAS/COVER IMAGES)
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Duckling befriends young kookaburra, Seaview Wildlife Encounter, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Britain - 08 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Solent News / Rex Features (1215947e)
Kookie the kookaburra and the young Madagascar Teal duckling
Duckling befriends young kookaburra, Seaview Wildlife Encounter, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Britain - 08 Aug 2010
In the wild, the 6-week-old Kookaburra, called Kookie, would not have thought twice about eating his companion for lunch.
But the pair seem to have developed an unusual bond - after both being orphaned at birth.
Kookie had to be saved by staff at the Seaview Wildlife Encounter, near Ryde on the Isle of Wight, after his parents went crazy and killed their other two offspring.
And the rare 2-day-old Madagascar Teal duckling was rescued from one of the park's aviaries because he was too small to defend himself against larger birds.
Initially the pair were kept separate but staff had concerns for the tiny duckling, who was obviously lonely and missing his mum.
So their keepers cautiously introduced the pair.
To their amazement the duckling instantly cuddled up under the Kookaburra's protective wing and Kookie didn't seem to mind playing the caring parent.
While they are hopeful the pair will remain friends for life, staff at the wildlife park admit they may have to separate them in future.
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Duckling befriends young kookaburra, Seaview Wildlife Encounter, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Britain - 08 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Solent News / Rex Features (1215947d)
Kookie the kookaburra and the young Madagascar Teal duckling
Duckling befriends young kookaburra, Seaview Wildlife Encounter, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Britain - 08 Aug 2010
In the wild, the 6-week-old Kookaburra, called Kookie, would not have thought twice about eating his companion for lunch.
But the pair seem to have developed an unusual bond - after both being orphaned at birth.
Kookie had to be saved by staff at the Seaview Wildlife Encounter, near Ryde on the Isle of Wight, after his parents went crazy and killed their other two offspring.
And the rare 2-day-old Madagascar Teal duckling was rescued from one of the park's aviaries because he was too small to defend himself against larger birds.
Initially the pair were kept separate but staff had concerns for the tiny duckling, who was obviously lonely and missing his mum.
So their keepers cautiously introduced the pair.
To their amazement the duckling instantly cuddled up under the Kookaburra's protective wing and Kookie didn't seem to mind playing the caring parent.
While they are hopeful the pair will remain friends for life, staff at the wildlife park admit they may have to separate them in future.
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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DUKAS_21607795_REX
Duckling befriends young kookaburra, Seaview Wildlife Encounter, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Britain - 08 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Solent News / Rex Features (1215947c)
Kookie the kookaburra and the young Madagascar Teal duckling
Duckling befriends young kookaburra, Seaview Wildlife Encounter, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Britain - 08 Aug 2010
In the wild, the 6-week-old Kookaburra, called Kookie, would not have thought twice about eating his companion for lunch.
But the pair seem to have developed an unusual bond - after both being orphaned at birth.
Kookie had to be saved by staff at the Seaview Wildlife Encounter, near Ryde on the Isle of Wight, after his parents went crazy and killed their other two offspring.
And the rare 2-day-old Madagascar Teal duckling was rescued from one of the park's aviaries because he was too small to defend himself against larger birds.
Initially the pair were kept separate but staff had concerns for the tiny duckling, who was obviously lonely and missing his mum.
So their keepers cautiously introduced the pair.
To their amazement the duckling instantly cuddled up under the Kookaburra's protective wing and Kookie didn't seem to mind playing the caring parent.
While they are hopeful the pair will remain friends for life, staff at the wildlife park admit they may have to separate them in future.
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Duckling befriends young kookaburra, Seaview Wildlife Encounter, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Britain - 08 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Solent News / Rex Features (1215947b)
Kookie the kookaburra and the young Madagascar Teal duckling
Duckling befriends young kookaburra, Seaview Wildlife Encounter, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Britain - 08 Aug 2010
In the wild, the 6-week-old Kookaburra, called Kookie, would not have thought twice about eating his companion for lunch.
But the pair seem to have developed an unusual bond - after both being orphaned at birth.
Kookie had to be saved by staff at the Seaview Wildlife Encounter, near Ryde on the Isle of Wight, after his parents went crazy and killed their other two offspring.
And the rare 2-day-old Madagascar Teal duckling was rescued from one of the park's aviaries because he was too small to defend himself against larger birds.
Initially the pair were kept separate but staff had concerns for the tiny duckling, who was obviously lonely and missing his mum.
So their keepers cautiously introduced the pair.
To their amazement the duckling instantly cuddled up under the Kookaburra's protective wing and Kookie didn't seem to mind playing the caring parent.
While they are hopeful the pair will remain friends for life, staff at the wildlife park admit they may have to separate them in future.
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Duckling befriends young kookaburra, Seaview Wildlife Encounter, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Britain - 08 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Solent News / Rex Features (1215947a)
Kookie the kookaburra and the young Madagascar Teal duckling
Duckling befriends young kookaburra, Seaview Wildlife Encounter, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Britain - 08 Aug 2010
In the wild, the 6-week-old Kookaburra, called Kookie, would not have thought twice about eating his companion for lunch.
But the pair seem to have developed an unusual bond - after both being orphaned at birth.
Kookie had to be saved by staff at the Seaview Wildlife Encounter, near Ryde on the Isle of Wight, after his parents went crazy and killed their other two offspring.
And the rare 2-day-old Madagascar Teal duckling was rescued from one of the park's aviaries because he was too small to defend himself against larger birds.
Initially the pair were kept separate but staff had concerns for the tiny duckling, who was obviously lonely and missing his mum.
So their keepers cautiously introduced the pair.
To their amazement the duckling instantly cuddled up under the Kookaburra's protective wing and Kookie didn't seem to mind playing the caring parent.
While they are hopeful the pair will remain friends for life, staff at the wildlife park admit they may have to separate them in future.
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
DUKAS/REX