{"id":877116,"date":"2026-10-10T05:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T05:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/877116\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T05:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T05:14:10","slug":"arctic-fox-taken-out-of-omaha-home-after-being-kept-as-pet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/877116\/","title":{"rendered":"Arctic fox taken out of Omaha home after being kept as pet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\"ArcticCourtesy: Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, Inc.<\/p>\n

OMAHA, Neb. (KLKN) \u2014 The Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, Inc. (NWR) announced that an Arctic fox was confiscated from an Omaha home after being illegally kept as a pet.<\/p>\n

NWR said the fox was confiscated by Nebraska Humane Society Animal Control and then transferred to NWR for care.<\/p>\n

According to NWR, Arctic foxes are meant to be in demanding environments, like the Arctic and sub-Arctic ecosystems.<\/p>\n

Since the fox\u2019s arrival, she received medical attention and vaccinations that were necessary.<\/p>\n

She will not be able to be released into the wild as a captive-bred wild animal, according to NWR.<\/p>\n

NWR said they are continuing her specialized care while looking for a long-term placement that can accommodate to the environment Arctic foxes need.\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tCategories: Nebraska News<\/a>, News<\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tTags: Animal Contro;<\/a>, Arctic fox<\/a>, captive-bred wild animal<\/a>, confiscated<\/a>, medical attention<\/a>, Medical care<\/a>, Nebraska Humane Society<\/a>, NHS<\/a>, transferred<\/a>, vaccinations<\/a>, wild animal<\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Courtesy: Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, Inc. OMAHA, Neb. (KLKN) \u2014 The Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, Inc. (NWR) announced that an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":877117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[368970,349169,368971,368972,106573,48182,239389,1624,79,55503,39144,45717,201],"class_list":["post-877116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animal-contro","tag-arctic-fox","tag-captive-bred-wild-animal","tag-confiscated","tag-medical-attention","tag-medical-care","tag-nebraska-humane-society","tag-nhs","tag-science","tag-transferred","tag-vaccinations","tag-wild-animal","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}