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Fox cubs prepared for life back in the wild

An animal welfare centre is slowly reintroducing a number of fox cubs into the wild after they were rescued by volunteers.

The RSPCA Oak and Furrows centre in Wiltshire has been over-run with 16 fox cubs.

Since April, the centre has released five of them back into the wild.

Animal care technician Emily Elliott said if you have them in your garden "you will hear them calling in the night".

"It will take them a few months, about the same time they would leave mum is the same time we'll release them," she said.

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9 May 2024

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