WESTPORT — A red fox that tumbled into a deep window well at a local construction site Friday was freed with a boost from human rescuers.
For the second time in less than a week the town’s animal control staff, assisted by firefighters, answered the call to help a wild animal in distress, according to Wildlife in Crisis, a Weston-based rescue organization.
On the day after Christmas, it was a deer that became entangled in a homeowner’s metal fence.
The latest incident involved a fox that fell into a window well that proved too deep for the stereotypically wily creature to climb out of.
After learning about the fox’s plight, Peter Reid, of Westport’s animal control staff, headed to the scene joined by a ladder-equipped Fire Department crew. Reid helps to answer the “very busy” phones at Wildlife in Crisis, according to the group’s Facebook page.
Once the frightened animal was brought back up to ground level, it “scampered” off without any apparent injuries, according to the Facebook post.
The situation is not uncommon, according to Wildlife in Crisis. The rescue organization receives “many calls about wild animals caught in window wells,” it said.
One way to help animals escape from the bottom of a deep window well, the group said, is to place “a large textured log or board at a 45-degree angle” inside the well, providing the animal with a route to climb out on its own.
To help prevent the problem from occurring, Wildlife in Crisis advocates that window wells be kept covered. Window well covers can be purchased online or at home-improvement stores, the group noted.
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