A Canadian family thought they were doing a good deed when they rescued a tiny, abandoned “puppy” near a lake, but they soon found out they had taken home much more than they had bargained for.
Ralph Shopland and his relatives of Whitehorse, Canada discovered the “pup” during an Easter weekend walk and turned to social media to find a wet nurse and learn what to do to save the sick baby.
‘I just defaulted to thinking it was a dog,’ Ralph Shopland, who came across the injured animal while on a walk, told CBC.
That’s when the Shoplands discovered the little boy wasn’t a puppy at all! “A Yukon conservation officer said at first the family wasn’t quite sure what it is,” GeoBeats News wrote on YouTube. “They reportedly speculated that it might be an otter or a wolverine.”
However, staff at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve have since taken the creature in and suspect he’s a fox, due to the telltale white tip on his tail. They believe his mother was likely killed by a nearby car.
“If you think you’ve found orphaned wildlife, in most cases mother is very close by and just waiting for you to leave,” Yukon conservation officer Dave Bakica said to Daily Mail. “We try to tell people, please do not pick up any orphaned wildlife.”
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[Featured Image: Yukon Wildlife Preserve]
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