SAFE HAVEN IS HOME TO TWO PERMANENT-PLACEMENT FOXES.

Cheyenne and Juno are available for sponsorship in our Adopt-an-Animal program.

Red fox Cheyenne came to our sanctuary in Illinois in the spring of 2006. She was brought in by a couple who had spent two weeks trying to catch her. Her chances for survival appeared poor. She was emaciated, and had such a severe case of sarcoptic mites (mange) that her skin was infected. Her fur was so matted that it was stuck to her skin, her ears were cracked and bleeding, and her eyes were so infected that she couldn't open them. For over an hour each day, Safe Haven's volunteers gave her soaking baths and picked her fur away from her fragile skin. She was also medicated for the mange and infections, recovered slowly but steadily, and grew into the beautiful vixen that she is today. Cheyenne became a permanent resident when we concluded that she would be vulnerable to infections that would compromise her ability to survive in the wild.

Juno was an illegal pet, one of over sixty animals that local Animal Control authorities confiscated from a suburban Illinois residence in the autumn of 2005. We cared for him while the case was processed in court, and he officially became a permanent resident of Safe Haven when the case was settled in February 2006.