{"id":531869,"date":"2026-04-15T08:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/531869\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:45:10","slug":"burnham-wildlife-carers-hail-remarkable-progress-of-orphaned-fox-cub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/531869\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnham wildlife carers hail \u2018remarkable progress\u2019 of orphaned fox cub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wildlife carers at Secret World Wildlife Rescue near Burnham-On-Sea have given a positive rehabilitation update on a tiny fox cub who arrived in their care after a tragic start to life.<\/p>\n<p>The cub \u2013 named Nemo by the team \u2013 was found beside his mother, who had been hit by a car, and was brought straight to the centre thanks to the quick actions of a dedicated volunteer.<\/p>\n<p>Although the cub was physically unharmed, Secret World staff say he was shaken \u2014 quiet, unsure, and suddenly without his mum.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-231060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"439\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>However, within just a day, Nemo began to show signs of recovery. Carers say he quickly became braver and more vocal, revealing the lively personality they hoped to see.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Secret World added that Nemo has taken another important step forward in his rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>He has now moved into a larger enclosure, giving him more room to explore, play and build confidence. Staff say he has been investigating his surroundings and starting to embrace his natural instincts.<\/p>\n<p>From frightened and alone to curious and growing stronger each day, Nemo is now firmly on the path toward an eventual return to the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wildlife carers at Secret World Wildlife Rescue near Burnham-On-Sea have given a positive rehabilitation update on a tiny&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,23151,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-531869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-secret-world-wildlife-rescue","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom","13":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531869","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=531869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}