Rescued fur farm foxes touch the ground for the first time - Emotional Video
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- 3 months ago, a massive fur farm in Iowa was bought out and shut down by Save A Fox Corporation. This may be the largest fur farm buyout in the US. Over 500 foxes living in small wire cages, waiting to be killed for their fur, are now safe and are patiently waiting for their chance at a better life. Our sanctuary took in 3 of these foxes. Watch them explore and touch the ground for the first time...
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Welcome Yue, Hazel and Kira! We are so happy to have you!
How did you choose which ones to bring home? Did they know each other already or did we just watch them meet one another?
They did not know each other, and we did not pick. We didn't meet them until we picked them up@@AccioPadfoot12
@@FloridasWildest Thanks! Would love a mention of the prairie dog situation in an update! Haven't heard how that is going or where they are for now.
Hi. Can we please get a link to your Amazon wish list. You are both so very amazing. ❤
@@AccioPadfoot12 they are actually living inside for the cold! We’re going to put them back out in the spring and hopefully figure out a way to winterize for next year so we don’t have to keep moving them!
Many thanks to Save A Fox for organizing the rescue of the foxes and buying out of the fur farm.
Yes I agree but is there anything stopping people from starting new fur farms? I do not live in the US so I have no clue about the laws, but you do say buying out so I assume they just bought the foxes and the owners can go get more somewhere else and continue farming? I should check out Save A Fox to get more answers of course but I am asking you since you sparked the interest.
@@spumbibjorn In this case, Mikayla was given the chance to buyout a local fur farmer and get him to sign a contract stating that he will never raise animals for their fur. So, that is what the 500 foxes from the fur farm as all about.
@@LtRee96se I see. Thank you for the reply!
@@spumbibjorn No problem. Have a great day.
@@spumbibjornThis is very cruel to kill such a beautiful animal for their fur
Thank you for helping Save A Fox with this massive rescue! I've watched them for years. I'm looking forward to watching these 3 thrive in their new home
The freedom of the animals are so happy!!
It breaks my heart that fur is still sold in America and that people actually buy it. It’s the most horrific and unnecessary thing. I’m in tears watching them, and thinking about the conditions they were rescued from. They have emotions and thoughts, just like we do, and I’m sure once they understand that you saved them, they will become really sweet and happy to see you each day. I rescued battery hens who had never even seen the sky before, or felt grass under their feet, and they became the best chickens I ever had, because I am sure they were thanking me for the retirement I gave them. They would jump up on my lap for cuddles and followed me all around the garden each day, helping me do the weeding. They instinctively knew how to sun bathe and dig holes in the dirt to fluff around in, it was so beautiful to watch, knowing what they had endured at egg farm. Keep doing what you do, but remind yourself that you can’t save them all, even though I know you want to, as do I.
I love seeing the foxes free to explore and climb ramps. It really warms my heart. Thank you guys. It’s so beautiful
That fur looks a billion times better on the foxes..............
They are so happy in their new home.
Beautiful made pen for them....safe and happy for the first time in their lives. Thank you.
Seeing Kira go from being so scared to leave her kennel to running around freely for the first time brought tears to my eyes 🥹 So beautiful to see!
They are absolutely gorgeous, I can not even imagine how relieved they are to be out of the tiny cage, touching the ground, having alot bigger enclosure and having better food. You guys are amazing at what you do and what you guys stand for. Seeing them happy makes my heart melt.
Yes, indeed!
Very hard work you guys do and your wife crying, I’m crying. I love animals so much! You guys are so lucky to live this life 🫶🏼🫶🏼
I cried with you Gabby. Seeing them so happy was heartwarming
Fuck fur farming.
This is the most incredible thing. What beautiful babies. Fur farming and those involved should be outlawed
It’s so scary/strange for animals who’ve only lived on concrete all their lives to feel the texture of dirt, leaves and grass. Very touching to watch…but it is also hard to watch because it underlines how much they’ve suffered. You and the folks who bought the fur farm have really changed the lives of these poor babies. I’m amazed at how well they are adjusting. They will need to build muscle mass to help with their agility.
I remember seeing Save A Fox posts on FB trying to get all the foxes into homes. I tagged some local sanctuaries but never heard much after that. I was so excited when I saw that you guys were taking a few in!! Fur farms are disgusting and it’s shameful that it’s legal to keep an animal in such horrible conditions. So beautiful to see them frolic for the first time💕🥹
Thank you for saving these beautiful animals. I actually got choked up when they were released into their new home.
Gabby wasn't the only one in tears!! Well done for saving these beauties. I really think they'll become tame quickly. Lovely to see them playing. I look forward to watching their progress.
I love you Gabbi I’m crying right along with you!!! Thank you for saving these babies!!!
Um, I'd be crying my eyes out too! Such beautiful creatures, so glad they can live out their life in a better environment.
Love this. The foxes are soooo beautiful and lucky to have you two as their care givers. Thanks for sharing ❤
I follow Save A Fox. Mykala does awesome work with her rescue. I hope you can take more at some point. They sure have a lot to home. Judging from the foxes at Savannah A Fox, these animals are really resilient. They are loving and enjoy their tummy rubs. They make the funniest noises. They frequently look like they bite and nibble but they don’t actually clamp down. It must be a behavior they use for acceptance. Like they grab with their mouth but don’t hurt you. They love digging holes and playing with their dog toys. And they enjoy climbing trees. Thank you for homing them! ❤
Glad you rehomed the foxs
I'm so happy that these foxes came to such amazing people like you guys
When I was a kid growing up in very rural NW New Jersey there was very limited job opportunities. When I saw an ad in the local newspaper, I was thrilled to see a big ad looking for "farm" help at many positions and well above minimum wage, I eagerly went for an interview with Space Farms. I had zero idea that Space Farms was a thriving mink farm and as desperate as I was for work, I marched away from this interview without a second thought. I had hoped this terrible practice was over........shame!
Proud of you both
that was beautiful! it’s almost like they knew they were finally in a safe place 🥰
You guys are so amazing for helping them. I’m so happy they have a home and are being taken care of so well now 💚
Foxes are very intelligent animals. Apparently, they are more intelligent than domestic dogs. I've seen videos where wild foxes regularly visit people who feed them. I'll bet they will allow you to touch them before long assuming you spend time with them.
What a beautiful home you've created for these babies. ❤❤❤ They look so happy and excited. A lovely life instead of suffering.😘😘
It's wonderful that they didn't show any signs of aggression with each other.
Wow This made me cry so happy for the both of you to save them breaks my heart seeing people harm animals. love love animals so much thanks Gabby Chris and yes love the names ...
thank you for helping to save them.. so sad to see their circumstances :(
Bless you guys for giving these babies a new life!
Thank you for helping give these babies a new home. They are so beautiful. I figured they would start running around pretty quickly. They were so excited. So heartwarming
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Thank you so much for helping them. This world needs more good people! So many are so cruel I will never understand
Excellent video guys, what beautiful animals and pleased you could take them to your home.
They are absolutely beautiful. I love their names, and I loved watching them explore. I'm so glad you were able to rescue them and give them a better life. ❤️
these three foxes are so lovely. I am hoping their paws can get stronger. I love this beautiful enclosure. Blessings!
Hi, I look after foxes in our area in the Uk. They are such amazing creatures, but sadly much feared. I love your work and felt quite emotional when watching your inspiring video❤Thank you
welcome Yue, Hazel and Kira and i'm so happy they are going to be living the best life and hope that if a person stops buying a real fur coat and stop fur farm fox then maybe this one step to saves the foxes then another animals too
So nice to see them be able to run and play.
Great stuff guys. I just wish you could afford to rescue the other 497. Karma will visit cruel.. one way or another.
You guys are doing some good work here, I wish you nothing but the best of luck.
Thank you very much!
so awsome to watch
Nice to see them happy and free
Heart warming seeing them racing and playing. I'm so glad they are getting a second chance at a good life. Fur farming is evil.
Beautiful! Thank you for explaining the problems they can have from living their entire lives, to this point, in cages. I've watched videos of fur farm rescues for years and always wondered about their legs and feet. So sad too about the vision problems with the blue-eyed fox. Hopefully they'll improve as they move around more and live in the shade.
thank you for saving them
This both broke my heart and made me happy. I simply can’t believe some humans can be so evil and cruel. THANK YOU for what you do - happy tears!
I am in love with them. they are happy . Thank you for sharing ❤
You guys are def going to heaven. Youre giving these foxes such a better life than the one that they had. Im a fan of Save A Fox but its so nice seeing these animals spared & given a chance at a normal life
What an amazing video! You guys ROCK!!!!!!!!!❣
You are wonderful humans thank you!
They're so beautiful ❤
You guys are so awesome! I just love how patient you are with all these animals.
Love them! Thank you so much for saving them and giving them a new life! 💙💙💙💙💙what a joy to see them happy and free! Thank you Florida’s Wildest! You guys are amazing 💘💘💘💘much love from Iowa
These foxes hit the jackpot with landing you guys as their caretakers ❤️
Beautiful 😍 foxes❤
Thank you, 17:16 thank, thank you, thank you!! I was crying right along with Gaby! I have been following these foxes since they were first posted about on Sav a Fox and have been donating over there hoping that they could save them from the farmer! It was so nice when that original battle was won and since then it has been nice to see them being placed in good facilities and sanctuaries. I have seen other animals with this ‘slipper foot’ from living on wire only and generally it doesn’t go away entirely but is much improved over time with a good diet and as the tendons grow stronger with exercise. You will need to watch the white (platinum?) that it doesn’t get sunburn on any exposed skin. Like any other white Animal they are more prone to skin cancer. Im so thrilled for these sweet foxes that they get to live out their lives with you!!Love their names and know they will soon be even more comfortable with you.
Wow this is sooooo awesome! Thank-you for doing what you all do!
It's so amazing to see them have so much more space and be able to play with each other. They probably didn't have opportunities to be with other foxes like this so it just makes me so happy they have each other.
This was awesome!!!!!!!!!
Love to see Florida´s Wildest as a Save A Fox ally and now fox caretakers. Yue, Hazel and Kira will bring you joy (and viceversa)
Thank you for sharing this :) I saw you guys from Save A Fox and I appreciate you
How absolutely horrible. What is wrong with people? Im so glad these beautiful animals found their way to you both!
Foxes are such amazing and breathtaking creatures. ❤️ 🦊
That's. So awesome u guys r great
thank you 🦊❤️✨
After seeing how quickly they settled on Chris’ vlog you can’t begin to imagine how they felt when they first arrived ❤ once again my hat go off to you both ❤
You both are a blessing to these animals.thank you soooo much for that .BLESSINGS ❤
Just love your hearts for the animals, you both are so wonderful for the animal rescue community. The foxes are so beautiful and now living a great life. The fur is beautiful ON the ANIMALS, but imo it always looks a little gruesome on humans. I understand in some places in the world where people hunt for food and to live and use the fur and meat after hunting, but it's so sad where animals are kept for their lives in small and inhumane cages. And, yes the faux fur has come a long way and is beautiful so why not choose it instead.
That has got to be one of the most precious things I have ever seen. I got teary eyed. Thank you for sharing this and giving them a new life.
They are beautiful and so glad you rescued them.😊
Great job guys! That brought a smile to my face
They are so beautiful and the fur looks much better on them! I love that we can see their happy ever after, love the names ❤
Loved the names of these adorable foxes..
I would never own a real fur coat or a fake one because I love all animals and animals are living feeling beings it breaks my hurt how some humans can be so cruel
guys you are Hero;s !!! Love from Holland take crew
Crying over here!
Really cool story and they are beautiful. It looks like they are pretty comfortable with your close presence. So after some time I would guess they will learn you are the great people who are nice and feed them .
Blessings to you for saving these beautiful foxes!!!
Mikayla MENTIONED. Did not expect to see her when I clicked on this video but knew she'd appear when the intro said it was Save A Fox that bought the farm! She and Ethan do so much good work.
So amazing to see them enjoying the space! Beautiful zoomies
It really is!
Foxes can be very resilient animals. They are known to conquer every environment. Since they are still young they will become happy little foxes. Fox Power!
Such gorgeous animals! So happy to see them enjoying their freedom for the first time. Thank you for rescuing them.
What a bunch of cuties! ❤
Couple of tips: Noel over in FtL discovered the ULTIMATE Floridian fox treat/bribe: fresh MANGO. His two foxes Loki and Tyr would probably agree to do linear calculus for bits of mango. File that one for reference!
Also, hook latches. They're a nope...and in fact, foxes sometimes view things like that as a challenge, so using something considerably more mechanically daunting for latching the enclosure door would be a very good idea. Our own silver, back years ago, had a major contempt for hook latches, and figured out how to open them even if they were at the top of the doorframe! Something auto-latching would be more fox-proof...understanding, of course, that NOTHING is actually fox-proof. That being said, it's worth noting that they LOVE treat puzzles. The little boogers like puzzles in general (hence the "nothing is fox-proof" thing... it's what you'd expect when foxes decide that EVERYTHING is toys), and they can get extremely adept at even the more complicated ones.
They're such sweeties, though. They smell, they tear things up...but there's really nothing like connecting with a fox. Even these rescues that Mikayla is taking right from the farm are capable of figuring out who YOU are... because they know that people aren't the same person. And the breeding process that gives them the "exotic" colors is about the same one used in the Novosibirsk experiment, so they're sort of "wired" for general tameness...with a bit more intelligence to boot. That pool of foxes is now 60+ generations removed from their basic phenotype, and fur ranchers in the USA had access to Dr. Belyaev's data back in the mid-1980s, so they're really well along on that "redomestication" curve...probably 25-30 generations with the rescues.
But the real payoff is this. Just watching them have the zoomies for the first time ever is so heartwarming. How anyone would even WANT a fox fur is beyond me. It's much better still attached to the fox!
awesome info
God bless you for helping these fox's.
Thank you for giving a home to these foxes! 😊 Their enclosure seems great, and I loved seeing their first steps here in their new home! I'll look forward to more videos about them. I follow and do my best to support both you and SaveAFox, since you both do such great work for animals. ❤
I'm so happy for these beautiful foxes!
You are a blessing❤❤❤
I can't believe it's Legal to cage animals like this.. You guys are amazing!
Great work Florida's Wildest - new subscriber.
The three foxes are so happy to have the freedom to run and play not be in a little cage.
these foxes are accommodating really well!
you are fantastic people who built great enclosure for them!
This is beautiful
They are so HAPPY! ❤
Re-homing all those foxes from the fur farm is no easy feat. It's a lot of foxes. I was delighted when your names appeared on the SAF video. I know all you guys giving them a new home are going to take the best care of them and give them the happy life they deserve. So, to everyone helping out, thank you for what you do. You're all awesome 👍
When we see humans doing so many terrible, ruthless things to animals it’s great to see people who do such wonderful things for them. Humans are the lowest form of life there is, no other animal is as cruel to other species as we are, no other animal is cruel at all.
This is so beautiful. They get to live happy lives now. Thank you for giving them this. 💖
Save A Fox have been feeding the fur farm foxes since the farm signed the contract and shut down, so their nutrition was vastly improved over the last few months.