Foxes are heavily intertwined with human settlements. While interaction with humans has its disadvantages, these two Scottish photographers’ story shows how they did their best to help a fox that had been orphaned by one of these dangers.
Photographers Peter Lewis and Mark Strachan were getting some nature shots in a field near Petershead, on the northeast coast of Scotland, when they found three fox cubs last summer. They returned a few times to photograph the animals from a distance, but when they found a fox dead on a nearby road and made the connection, they felt like they had to step in. Feeling a duty to help the orphaned cubs, but not wanting them to grow up without the skills to take care of themselves, Lewis says they ran through the field with bits of chicken on a string teaching the foxes to hunt.
For six months, the two photographers have been occasionally visiting Black Paws, as they called the most outgoing member of the litter who has stuck around in the same area. This beautiful photoshoot shows that, while the young fox was excited to see the photographers again, she has been flourishing on her own.
The photographers had a photoshoot with the juvenile fox they helped raise
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
Image credits: Mark Strachan and Peter Lewis
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