For Immediate Release

Endanged Kit Fox Released back to the Wild

Keough Hot Springs, CA, January 29, 2021 - The injured Kit Fox who was rescued more than 2 months ago, was released Tuesday, January 26. Wildcare director Cindy Kamler, with volunteers Jennifer Garrison and Ella Boehme, drove the recovered animal to the area where she had been found. She traveled quietly in her special cloth carrier. Not far from the road where the kit fox had been struck by a vehicle, a safe release spot was found. It was far enough from the road and away from any human structures or activities. The rolling lava hills were thickly covered with creosote and other desert plants and grasses.

As the sunset painted the western skyline, the near-full moon rose on the east. Jen and Ella placed the carrier facing a good hiding place in the creosote thicket and the door flap was unzipped. We moved away quietly to a spot a discreet distance away.

After a small pause, the small fox left the carrier and slowly began to move across the immediate landscape. She appeared calm, looking around keenly and happily inhaling the familiar smells. She traced ever-larger circles, steadily moving away from the release site.

Almost out of sight, she quietly lay down behind a thicket. Her color and markings served well as camouflage, and her form became almost invisible. Only her dark eyes and black tail tip could be spotted. If we hadn’t known she was there, she would have be invisible.

We stood quietly, soaking in the calm as this beautiful wild animal merged once more,safe and well, into her environment.