{"id":161587,"date":"2026-03-12T18:08:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161587\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T18:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:08:44","slug":"stowaway-fox-makes-3000-mile-journey-to-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161587\/","title":{"rendered":"Stowaway fox makes 3,000-mile journey to New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foxes are famed for their cunning and stealth. But one wily fox has left US port officers baffled after completing a 3,400-mile trip from Southampton to New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The cunning stowaway evaded detection as it boarded a cargo ship to make the transatlantic journey to the US East Coast.<\/p>\n

It is now being cared for at Bronx Zoo<\/a>, whose staff said the animal was healthy after initial examinations. A longer-term home will be found once it undergoes additional health checks.<\/p>\n

The fox was found alive and well on the ship transporting cars when it docked at the Port of New York and New Jersey on February 18.<\/p>\n

It is not clear how it got aboard the vessel, which set off two weeks earlier on Feb 4.<\/p>\n

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

\"Zoo\"<\/p>\n

The animal is being cared for by staff at the Bronx Zoo in New York – Jeff Greenberg\/Universal Images Group Editorial<\/p>\n

The animal<\/a> is estimated to be around two years old and weighs 11lb (5kg).<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Associated British Ports (ABP) Southampton said despite handling everything from cars to containers and cruises, even its officials were \u201csurprised\u201d to find a fox on board.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly it fancied swapping the Solent for the Staten Island Ferry<\/a>,\u201d the spokesman added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThough next time we\u2019d recommend it considers the Queen Mary 2<\/a>, which offers the Southampton to New York route with considerably more comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n

Try full access to The Telegraph free today. Unlock their award-winning website and essential news app, plus useful tools and expert guides for your money, health and holidays.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foxes are famed for their cunning and stealth. But one wily fox has left US port officers baffled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[25511,66670,9,11,10,16704],"class_list":["post-161587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-bronx-zoo","tag-cargo-ship","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-southampton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161587","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=161587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}