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Say hello to a new member of the Preserve's family, a red fox. This is Archie.

He came to the Preserve after being seized in B.C. by the Wildlife Branch of the British Columbia Provincial Government from an individual who did not have the appropriate permits for possession of wild animals for filming. 

On July 3rd, Archie flew up to the Yukon. He arrived here at the preserve and spent a month in quarantine in the rehabilitation centre. This is a necessary procedure to animal import and eventual collection integration. Archie was also neutered.

During his time in quarantine, our dedicated animal care staff took their time with Archie. He was understandibly shy and cautious at first, but eventually started to warm up to them.  

On August 6th Archie was introduced to our 3-legged silver fox - Silver - in the red fox habitat. As you can see from these photos, Archie was a little overweight when he arrived. We lovingly describe this as "a little Chonky." Since being integrated into our Red Fox habitat, Archie has been getting much more excersixe and socialization with Silver, staff and guests alike. 

Throughout the summer, our manager of Education & Programming - Neil, along with our animal care staff, have been working with Archie and Silver. With this added enrichment, they have learned some new behaviors and are getting much more comfortable everyday. Archie, with this added movement is now looking how a fox his age should look.

Photo Credit Britt Forsythe

Welcome to the preserve Archie! We look forward to continuing to work with you and get to know you.

Photo Credit to Melissa Mark, unless otherwise stated.