Hi friends! Reef the fox here with this week’s “Reef’s Report.”
So, I am not quite sure what to make of this news I am about to share with you all. If you follow us on social media, you may have seen the announcement already. My mother has decided to take in a baby fox. Now we all know I am, and will always be, THE baby, but this new baby is only 10 weeks old and was rescued from a fur farm by our friends at SaveAFox Corporation in Minnesota last week.
I know, I know, you are thinking, “but Reef, he needed to be saved and given a loving home.” Yeah well, why this home? Mom keeps telling me that this is why we are here. This is our goal. To take in foxes that need specialized care and to be able to continue to raise awareness on how insanely cruel the fur industry is. She told me to take a deep breath and think about someone besides myself for once.
But before my mom jumps in and takes over my article, I will tell you a bit about the young lad
that is coming here (whether I like it or not). Mom decided to name him Kai. In Hawaiian culture, it means “sea.” In Japanese culture, it means “shell.” Kai is also considered to have Welsh, Scandinavian and Greek roots; its meaning is “keeper of the keys and earth.” So I guess that name will fit in nicely around here. Aside from that, Kai appears to be a color morph of the red fox called Sapphire. Unfortunately, that color, which is manmade by fur farmers, can come with a lot of genetic defects. Sapphire foxes are extremely rare and difficult to produce (1/64 chances to obtain a sapphire fox when crossing the two types of pearl together), due to the rarity of Mansfield pearl foxes needed to produce them.
Sadly, two foxes of the same color that were able to be saved from fur farms in the past few years at other rescues did not make it past the age of 3. Remember, fur farmers do not breed foxes for longevity. They breed them for highly sought after colors that will make them money. So little Kai is the product of that, as are all of us foxes here at Pawsitive Beginnings.
And now that I’ve typed this all out and had a chance to really take in the seriousness of it all, I am glad Kai is coming here. I know my mom and our veterinarian will do everything they can to give him the best life possible, just like they did with me and the other five foxes that live here.
Does it mean I won’t get an attitude? Probably not. But it does mean that I will do my very best to be a good big brother to the little guy. So Kai will arrive here mid-August and I’m sure you will be seeing more of him after his arrival.
Keep up with all our happenings on pawsitivebeginnings.org and until next time, Reef, over and out.
