In the UK, the Mail Online reports on a little orphaned vixen adopted by a Jack Russell. A brief article with little to say other than that the dog's owner is fairly delighted with the situation, but it does carry a collection of very striking photographs of fox and dog at play together.
A recently published paper, covered in an article on PhysOrg, discusses the discovery of foxes buried along with humans in ancient graves, and moots the possibility that foxes – not dogs – may have been the animal first domesticated as pets by humankind.
News-record.com carries an interesting article about several sightings of a creature "fox sized, but with short brown hair and a long cat-like tail". So far, locals and experts from area zoos have been unable to identify the species of the unusual animal. The article includes a picture of the animal. Do any furries know what this elegant looking critter really is?
An Article on Ananova describes how racoons, not natives of Europe, bred in Germany in the 1930's have grown so great in numbers that there are now as many racoons-per-square-mile as there are in the US.
In the widely reported case of the death of Bald Eagle 'Captain' at the National Zoo on 4th July, the local Bobcat community breathed a sigh of relief today as suspicion shifted to a Red Fox being the perpetrator of the heinous deed. The Charleston Post and Courier has the scoop.
MSNBC has a long and fascinating article about research into whether animals are capable of love, and other emotions, including whether pets love their humans. Its a good read.
KFOR in Oklahoma City has this amazing report (with pics and video) on Faith, a dog born with undeveloped forelegs who's learned to walk upright on her hind legs.
