Mistreated Kit Fox Loses Leg, Finds Home at Zoo
An endangered San Joaquin kit fox is living at a Bakersfield zoo after authorities said it survived being shot and poisoned.
The animal was rescued earlier this year by an animal control officer who found the animal having convulsions.
Staffers at the Bakersfield Veterinary Hospital said the kit fox had been poisoned and shot in the leg, which was amputated. After recovering, the adult male fox was taken in by the California Living Museum.
Kit foxes are about the size of a large house cat. Though they are common throughout Kern County, they are on federal and state endangered species lists.
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