{"id":161033,"date":"2026-03-12T02:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T02:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161033\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T02:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T02:11:08","slug":"sly-stowaway-fox-finds-new-home-at-bronx-zoo-after-illicit-transatlantic-trip-southampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161033\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sly stowaway\u2019 fox finds new home at Bronx Zoo after illicit transatlantic trip | Southampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A sly fox slipped on to a cargo ship and travelled from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/southampton\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Southampton<\/a> to New York, according to officials at Bronx Zoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The zoo, which is looking after the animal, said it appears healthy after early examinations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">It is unclear how the male red fox boarded the ship, which had been transporting cars, to make the 3,400 mile journey to the east coast of the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">It left Southampton, Hampshire, on 4 February, and the vessel docked at the Port of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-york\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York<\/a> and New Jersey on 18 February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Diane J Sabatino, executive assistant commissioner at the US Customs and Border Protection Department, wrote on X that port officers had found the \u201csly stowaway\u201d, and agriculture specialists had coordinated with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Animal &amp; Plant Health Inspection Service and New Jersey Fish and Wildlife to find the fox a new home at Bronx Zoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Officials brought the fox to the zoo the next day. He is estimated to be two years old and weighs 5kg (11lbs).<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Keith Lovett, the zoo\u2019s director of animal programmes, said: \u201cHe seems to be settling in well. It\u2019s gone through a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A long-term home for the mammal will be found after he undergoes additional health checks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The omnivore has a diet of produce, proteins and some biscuit-like items at the zoo\u2019s veterinary centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The species, formally named Vulpes vulpes, is widespread in Europe, Asia, North America and parts of Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sly fox slipped on to a cargo ship and travelled from Southampton to New York, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-161033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}