Kittens or puppies? Animals left at shelter turned out to be foxes — again.

By Cathy Free, The Washington PostOne of the baby gray foxes after a feeding last month at the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center.

“I’m not sure whether he thought they were puppies or kittens, but we get that a lot,” Dickerson added. “People see adorable little animals alone on their property and think they are helpless orphans, so they bring them to us.” It’s a common occurrence, but especially in Arizona, where the animal birth season generally runs from March through November, due to the warmer climate, she said.Dickerson said baby bobcats, coyotes, bats and reptiles have also been dropped off by people who think the newborn animals have been abandoned and are in danger of starving to death.

Last month’s situation with the Arizona fox kits prompted the Humane Society to remind the public not to pick up baby animals of any kind when they come across them, either on private property or in the wild. They also used the opportunity to remind people not to move litters of stray kittens.“DON’T KITNAP KITTENS!” a Facebook post read. “We know the first instinct when seeing a litter of kittens is to rush to aid.

In most cases, too much time has passed and people don’t remember the exact spot where the animals were found. It’s also an involved process to try to determine whether the mother is still around, she said.

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