Fox saved at Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre in Napanee, Ont., released into wild

A fox who was near death in January after being hit by a car was released back into the wild Saturday, thanks to Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre.Elation and joy are just two of the emotions that Melanie Mezzatesta’s felt Saturday morning in Amherstview as she watched a fox scurry off into the brush.

Two short months earlier, the same fox was near death on Bath Road in Loyalist Township. He likely would have died, if Mezzatesta hadn’t found him. “You could tell that he just couldn’t get up. He would lift his head and then just kind of collapse again,” she said.“I pulled my car around, started flagging vehicles to slow down and without even thinking just went and grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and stuck him on my passenger seat,” she said. “I called Sandy Pines and told them I was on my way in with an injured fox.”It was a reflex action for Mezzatesta, who volunteers with Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre in Napanee.

Staff there discovered the fox’s jaw was broken in three places, an expensive injury to fix. But the community rallied around, and centre was able to do a special, non-invasive surgery to fix the fox’s jaw.“He was biting on things in the enclosure and therefore cracking the dental acrylic,” she said, referring to compound that was holding the fox’s jaw together.

Both she and Dr. Andrew Winterborn, who operated on the fox’s jaw, felt relief finally seeing him go free.Winterborn said he was happy to see the fox back where it belonged. “It puts a huge smile on my face to see an animal that belongs in the wild being back in the wild.”Toronto home invasion victim vows neighbourhood will protect itself

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