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| Fox news: floorboard outfoxes flustered fox | Fox news: floorboard outfoxes flustered fox |
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| The RSPCA has been called out to rescue a flustered fox – which had been "outfoxed" by a floorboard. | The RSPCA has been called out to rescue a flustered fox – which had been "outfoxed" by a floorboard. |
| Builders at the University of Hertfordshire spotted the trapped animal's head poking out of a hole in the floor while renovating an office this week. | Builders at the University of Hertfordshire spotted the trapped animal's head poking out of a hole in the floor while renovating an office this week. |
| It is thought the fox was trying to wriggle through the section of flooring when it became stuck fast at the university's de Havilland campus in Hatfield. | It is thought the fox was trying to wriggle through the section of flooring when it became stuck fast at the university's de Havilland campus in Hatfield. |
| RSPCA animal welfare officer Kate Wright, who freed the fox, said: "I have to admit that when I arrived I was faced with a very odd sight. | RSPCA animal welfare officer Kate Wright, who freed the fox, said: "I have to admit that when I arrived I was faced with a very odd sight. |
| "Here was this fox's head poking out of a floor and he was so jammed he couldn't move, and I just had these big eyes staring at me. | "Here was this fox's head poking out of a floor and he was so jammed he couldn't move, and I just had these big eyes staring at me. |
| "I actually think he had quite an embarrassed expression on his face." | "I actually think he had quite an embarrassed expression on his face." |
| After builders used crowbars to pull up the flooring panel, the animal was pulled free, transferred to a cage and released at a safe location nearby. | After builders used crowbars to pull up the flooring panel, the animal was pulled free, transferred to a cage and released at a safe location nearby. |
| Wright added: "I had to get to the scruff of his neck while trying to avoid wires and eventually after a lot of pushing, I managed to pop one ear through and then finally the next and he was free. | Wright added: "I had to get to the scruff of his neck while trying to avoid wires and eventually after a lot of pushing, I managed to pop one ear through and then finally the next and he was free. |
| "He was a beautiful fox, and although his neck was slightly swollen from being stuck, I think it was his pride that was hurt more than anything as he had been outfoxed by a hole." | "He was a beautiful fox, and although his neck was slightly swollen from being stuck, I think it was his pride that was hurt more than anything as he had been outfoxed by a hole." |
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