When most people adopt an animal it is an abandoned cat, dog or even ferret but not Gary Zammit.He nursed a young fox cub back to health – and even fed it using a baby’s bottle – after he discovered the creature dying after being hit by a car.
Gary, who runs the Gwel an Mor wildlife park in Portreath, Cornwall, said: “When I thought he was ready to go outside I gently put a harness on him.”He always pulls on the lead but it’s much like walking a badly trained dog which wants to go off for a run.”One of the most important things was that my other pet fox Vixen would have some company for her twilight years.
“But Tod is a typical annoying teenager who jumps all over her wanting to play.”Tod is the latest in a string of injured animals that Gary has nursed back to health, including minks, owls, and slow worms.
In June, Gary hit the headlines after hand-rearing a baby heron and then teaching it to fly – by running alongside it flapping his arms.
