Genoa, a small wounded fox rescued by the Enpa in a garden in Quezzi
Genoa – Undernourished, weak and suffering from mange. A young male fox specimen was recovered yesterday by Enpa volunteers in Quezzi. The wild animal, little more than a puppy, had found refuge in the tool shed in a garden in the hilly Genoese district of Val Bisagno. It was the owner of the tool shed who alerted the National Animal Protection Body, based in Campomorone. “We immediately set off to recover it and we did it not without difficulty given the stubbornness with which it fled and hid even in such a confined space”, reads a post published on Facebook by the Enpa, which also manages the Cras ( Wild Animal Rescue Center).
After first aid, the fox has undergone the necessary care: “He started therapy with an antiparasitic drug for the mange and antibiotics for the wounds he presents. The medicines are supposed to take effect soon. Given the history of other animals affected by mange, we are confident”, commented Massimo Pigoni, president of the Genoese section of Enpa, to Secolo XIX. “In this specific case – continues Pigoni – the anomaly is represented by the very young age of the fox. There shouldn’t be such small specimens this time of year. It is probably an effect of the climatic changes in progress, on the other hand, here there are turtles and sea urchins that have not yet gone into hibernation”.
The fox recovered in Quezzi it is the second that has entered the Cras in Genoa a few days before the beginning of the new year. The female specimen, which arrived in recent days from Acqui Terme in an evident state of confusion and with neurological indications due to food poisoning, unfortunately did not make it: despite the treatments, she died within a few days. In this regard, Pigoni underlines the importance of not leaving food to wild animals: “The fox – he explains – is an animal that is getting ever closer to inhabited centres, both due to the presence of food waste left on the street and presence of people who damage their food. Now, beyond the harmful effects that some foods can have on their health, in this way they get them used to approaching humans, making them confident. This is not always a good thing, because it facilitates their presence in environments where they shouldn’t be there”.