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Two Pennsylvania public works employees rescued a baby fox after noticing it had a peanut butter jar stuck on its head
“It took two of us to get the jar off. It feels good. I’m an animal lover,” Joe Judge said
The duo is encouraging nearby residents and visitors to properly dispose of trash to help protect local wildlife
A Pennsylvania fox was rescued after finding itself in a sticky situation.
On Tuesday, April 21, the Middletown Township’s Department of Public Works team shared that they helped “free a fox that was stuck in a peanut butter jar.”
“Thankfully the animal is safe,” the team wrote on social media alongside several photos of a man working to get the creamy peanut butter jar off the baby fox’s head. “Please remember to dispose of trash properly to help protect local wildlife.”
Earlier that day, Joe Judge and David Kavana were cleaning up fallen trees in Delaware Park when they noticed the small animal in need of help.
Baby fox with peanut butter jar stuck on its head
Credit: Middletown Township, Bucks County, PA/Facebook
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“I zoomed in with my camera and could see a jar on its head, figured I had to help,” Judge told local outlet NBC10 Philadelphia, adding that the baby fox’s mother was just a few feet away.
Working as a team, Judge held the animal, who he said walked right up to him, as Kavana carefully removed the jar from its head.
“I just twist it, once the ears popped out, it was free,” he recalled. “So cute.”
While the duo later returned to the park in hopes of finding the baby fox’s family, they haven’t had any luck so far. Still, they are encouraging nearby residents and visitors to avoid leaving food and trash behind, as it can be harmful to wildlife.
“I saw the fox running down the canal with the jar on its head,” Judge, who has worked in the department for 11 years, told Patch. “I called it and it just came up to me. I was shocked that the fox did.”
“I never came across anything like this,” he added, noting that he’d previously helped free some ducks trapped in a drainage outlet. “It was struggling. It took two of us to get the jar off. It feels good. I’m an animal lover.”
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