The Sauvetage Animal Rescue organization announced Friday on social networks that it was attempting an operation to free the fox stuck on the ice in the waters of the Old Port of Montreal for ten days.
Posted at 8:00 a.m.
The animal is near the King-Edward wharf and would be unable to return to land because of an icebreaker that destroyed its path, Eric Dussault, general manager of the organization, told TVA.
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PHOTO SARAH MONGEAU-BIRKETT, THE PRESS
A fox has been stuck on the ice near the King-Edward wharf in the Old Port of Montreal for about ten days.
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PHOTO SARAH MONGEAU-BIRKETT, THE PRESS
A fox has been stuck on the ice near the King-Edward wharf in the Old Port of Montreal for about ten days.
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PHOTO CATHERINE LEFEBVRE, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Sauvetage Animal Rescue tried Friday to lure the beast into a cage with meat.
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PHOTO SARAH MONGEAU-BIRKETT, THE PRESS
An icebreaker would have destroyed the only way out of the fox, according to the organization.
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On its Facebook page, the rescue team asked people on Friday not to attempt to rescue the fox and to “stay quiet nearby” so as not to scare it away.