{"id":162876,"date":"2026-03-13T22:07:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/162876\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:07:36","slug":"red-fox-lands-at-bronx-zoo-after-days-at-sea-heres-how-hes-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/162876\/","title":{"rendered":"Red fox lands at Bronx Zoo after days at sea. Here’s how he’s doing."},"content":{"rendered":"

After embarking on a long journey aboard a cargo ship<\/a>, a “sly as a fox” stowaway is now calling the Bronx home.<\/p>\n

Discovered on a ship<\/a> arriving at the Port of New York & New Jersey from Southampton, England, the red fox was placed in the care of the Bronx Zoo on Feb. 19, one day after it was “safely secured” by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n

According to the Bronx Zoo, the animal spent approximately 14 days at sea among several automobiles. The vessel carrying the cars and the stowaway left Southampton on Feb. 4.<\/p>\n

Zoo officials weren’t sure how or when the fox was discovered, but they told USA TODAY in a statement that the 11-pound male fox appears to be in “good condition.”<\/p>\n

“He seems to be settling in well,\u201d Keith Lovett, the zoo\u2019s director of animal programs, told the Associated Press. “It\u2019s gone through a lot.”<\/p>\n

Where is the red fox now?\"Pictured<\/p>\n

Pictured is the stowaway red fox.<\/p>\n

The red fox is currently at the zoo’s Animal Health Center, where veterinarians are still awaiting results from an “additional routine health screening.” Until then, the omnivore will enjoy a diet chock-full of produce and protein.<\/p>\n

The zoo, following the screening, will work with wildlife experts to find a more “appropriate” and permanent home for the 2-year-old.<\/p>\n

Formally known as “Vulpes vulpes,” the species is “among the most widespread carnivorous mammals in the world” and has been spotted in various continents, including Europe, Asia, North America and parts of Africa, according to the zoo.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Red fox in ‘good condition’ after spending 14 days at sea<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After embarking on a long journey aboard a cargo ship, a “sly as a fox” stowaway is now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[67227,128,25511,16325,12267,9,24,63,16704,129,131,130,67226],"class_list":["post-162876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-animal-health-center","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-zoo","tag-england","tag-fox","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-southampton","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-zoo-officials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162876","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=162876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}