Local: It is white and has a long tail. It has a scary face
A mystery animal that scares locals..
Local: It's neither a cat or a dog
What could it be....
A mystery white animal wandering around in the dark!
Informant: It was a rainy day
I was slowing down and something jumped on the street in front of my car
I used a mobile flashlight to see what it was, and it didn't seem like a dog.
Its mouth and tail were different from a dog's.
"What an odd-looking dog" I thought, then I saw its side and it had a very long mouth
Pointy nose and fluffy tail..
Not only the informant, but other locals also have seen it…
Local: It has a fluffier and longer tail for its body. And, it’s white. It’s neither a cat nor a dog
Local: I saw it there. I took pictures, too
In the picture taken by the local
It looked a lot like a fox with a long mouth and tail!
Local: It has very pointy mouth. Its tail, my lord, it's this big
Seems like she wanders around this village…
PD: I found pawprints
Clearly visible paw prints
The fox is likely hiding nearby!
After sun set
We decided to wait on her after leaving some snacks on the spot
A while later
PD: Alright, it’s here
A white silhouette! She’s here
She must’ve been starving, she gulps down the snack we prepared
and to catch her, the crew rushed to her
Yet, she was very wary
She ran away…!
She’s only eaten meat
Where has she gone…
Production crew searched around
At that time!
PD: OH!!! There’s something! Look!!
We found her!
She was only seen for a little while, and she’s gone again
She headed towards
a tomb
Her unexpected actions are giving me chills…!
For what reason, a fox ended up wandering around this village…
PD: Behind you!
It’s like playing hide and seek
Then, she gives a scary look, as if it’s warning us!
and she disappeared into the darkness…
Is she really a fox as the locals suspect?
Choi Youg-Min, Vet: Yes, she is a fox
Why does she look different from other normal foxes?
Choi Young-Min, Vet: It’s a kind of red fox. They’ve been genetically modified for the fur industry, so they come in diverse colours.
In Korea, they were not such a hit and it wasn’t economical, then it’s coming in again as pets.
I’m guessing this one escaped from the guardian or the guardian has lost her.
Korean red foxes are labeled and protected as endangered species
but, they were forced to genetic modification for colour variety in the fur industry
As the awareness of animal abuses in the fur industry rises, it decreased in economic value
and now they are adopted into houses as pets
Choi Young-Min, Vet: She must be rescued. Foxes can’t be living in this Korean environment
Foxes are very very smart.
That’s why foxes are villain in fairy tales or movies.
They are very smart. They can cause big trouble.
It’s possible that she’s been raised by human at home
She can’t be left in the wild like this
Anything could happen if this one gains its wildness at full
PD: Hello Rescue team: Hello
Rescue is decided
Smart plan is needed to capture a smart fox!
Rescue team: I heard that she comes to this place to eat.
We haven’t dealt with foxes a lot, but they jump quite high, so we’re going to use a capture frame with a roof
As foxes jump high and run fast
Rescue team decided to set up a large capture frame with roof
After a thorough demonstration
placed some snacks
We called a vet to cover unexpected situations
Tension is high
Fox appeared stealthily
and roams around as usual
Rescue team: She’s here! the fox is here!
She's right over there!
She approaches the capture frame smelling the food
Yet, she’s suspicious of the frame
She enters very carefully
Rescue team: She entered. Hold on
After seeing the fox is near food
NOW!
Rescue team: We got it! We got her!
She’s startled
The vet is taking a look at her condition
Choi Young-Min, Vet: She’s healthy. She’s just very skinny
Other than that, there is no problem in her health
Rescue tema: Foxie~ What’s your name? She’s very calm
She is calm even when there’s human in front of her
Let’s get her inside the cage
Rescue succeded very smoothy
We transferred her right to the animal hospital
She is very skinny, she must have been abandoned a while ago
Hope she is healthy...
Choi young-Min: Overall, her heath is okay. She has some mites on her as she’s been wandering around the woods
That needs treated
She’s 10 months old. still young.
And judging by her behaviour, i think she’s very familiar with humans, so i’m assuming she was raised by someone
If she’s abandoned by someone
there must be someone who had her around here
We looked for people who know anything about her
PD: Noones had a pet fox? Local: Nope.
Local: Nnone’s seen the fox around here. If someon elost her, they must have put a poster looking for her or somerhing
We put up posters looking for her guardian
we also called a nearby zoo
PD: What kind of foxes do you exhibit? A: Fenec fox
B: We don’t have foxes
C: We have a silver fox
PD: I see. Thank you
None of them knew about this fox
Choi Young-Min, Vet: Even cats or dogs are abandoned and they are domesticated.
There is less information about exotic animals.
If you want to have an exotic animal, you have to think very very thoroughly and deeply. Again and again.
You have to think about how you’ll be responsible for this animal before you make a decision
Lives created by human greed, they became pets to us
and were abandoned by us
We hope this fox a better life
than the life on the street …