{"id":472853,"date":"2026-03-13T05:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/472853\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T05:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:43:12","slug":"fox-who-stowed-away-on-ship-from-uk-to-new-york-settling-in-well-at-bronx-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/472853\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox who stowed away on ship from UK to New York \u2018settling in well\u2019 at Bronx home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A stowaway fox who took a transatlantic trip to New York after slipping onto a cargo ship from Southampton is \u201csettling in well\u201d to his new home at the Bronx Zoo.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo said the 11-pound (5-kilogram) male fox, who is thought to be about two years old, appears healthy after early examinations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe seems to be settling in well,\u201d Keith Lovett, the zoo\u2019s director of animal programs, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s gone through a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ship loaded with cars left Southampton on February 4, according to the zoo, arriving in February 18 at the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>The species, formally named Vulpes vulpes, is widespread in Europe, Asia, North America and parts of Africa. A long-term home for this fox will be found once he clears some more health screening.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently being cared for at the zoo\u2019s veterinary centre, where he is enjoying a diet of proteins and some biscuit-like items.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A stowaway fox who took a transatlantic trip to New York after slipping onto a cargo ship from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-472853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}