{"id":762996,"date":"2026-09-07T15:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/762996\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T15:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:32:09","slug":"fox-rescued-from-humberston-drain-after-nine-hour-ordeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/762996\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox rescued from Humberston drain after nine hour ordeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rescuers spent more than nine hours freeing a fox trapped in a drain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The animal got stuck in the pipes underneath a housing estate in Humberston, North East Lincolnshire on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Firefighters, volunteers from Cleethorpes Wildlife Rescue (CWR) and engineers from Anglian Water eventually rescued the animal which was wedged in a 4in (10cm) wide pipe before taking it to a vet for treatment to its injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a social media post, the wildlife charity said it was &#8220;the most difficult rescue we&#8217;ve ever faced&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The fox was spotted by residents, who tried to help it escape from the drain before calling for help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">CWR said when the animal was removed it had &#8220;multiple wounds&#8221; and underwent surgery and other treatment on its hind legs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rescuers have named the fox Valor and said it had a &#8220;very long road ahead of him&#8221; before it fully recovers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rescuers spent more than nine hours freeing a fox trapped in a drain. The animal got stuck in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-762996","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\/762996","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=762996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}