Hadleigh fox rescued from letterbox
Lawrie Brailey, who is operations manager at the hospital, said it was common to find foxes in "utterly ridiculous" situations during dispersal seasons, when they leave their dens to find new territories. A spokesperson added: "Luckily Lawrie, one of our rescuers, was soon on scene and carefully wiggled the poor fox back out of the gap."The fox was taken into surgery. Its damaged ligaments were sutured back together and the leg was splinted."Time will tell" if further surgery is required - a spokesperson said - "but we're not giving up on this poor boy just yet".
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