Young fox gets completely TANGLED in football netting!

At this time of year (and especially this year), entanglements are a very common call-out here at Wildlife Aid. Whilst we see a broad range of species needing help, young foxes are by far the most common victims we have to set free!
In this rescue, Lawrie was called out to help a young fox that had become tangled in a school football net. Having fought to escape, the poor fox was very tangled and needed a short stay in our hospital before it could head back to the wild!
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[@Wh3atley]

He's got a Masters degree in marine biology and is also a renowned wildlife photographer yet he starts by saying "unfortunately it's me again" :D

[@wildlifeaid]

Haha! We will pass that on! :D

[@danaleelavelle3708]

I went out on Lawrie's website and he has captured some great shots! I think my favorites are the otters and other marine creatures. I love that he can sit quietly and take inspiration from the wildlife around him. Wish I was in the U.K.

[@auroraauroris7939]

I like how they put rescuer/not Simon under Lawrie's name in the beginning! :D

[@winnimizz]

@@danaleelavelle3708 and @ka_goe thanks! Just went to his website, there are some stunning shots! Love the deer with the 3 puffs of air.. amazing Lawrie!

[@cecorra]

I thought the same thing lol. He is just humble by the sounds of it.

[@akiriith]

SHE'S FLOATING!!!! Lawrie is always an absolute delight to watch! I really hope he can stay with us for a long time. He has a charm and a presence in front of the camera that I've only seen rivaled by Simon himself! Poor foxie, she looked like she had given up by the time Lawrie got her. Such a contrast to her release!! Also, gotta love how the equivalent of being a sneaky teenager in this channel means "lets go rescue an animal without telling Simon", lmao. Gotta love it!

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks os much - very kind of you to say! Hopefully he feels much better now :)

[@OGSontar]

Foxy seemed quite happy to see the rescuer. As if he/she knew release and care were incoming. I'm not sure that animals 'talk' and 'communicate' as we do, but you'd almost think word gets around about the WA team. "Oh, those guys. Yeah, they'll get you loose, give you good meds, and good food, then let you go right at your doorstep. So just a 'token' struggle so they don't figure out we get stuck just for a free meal and a checkup, and you're golden."

[@twilit]

Probably too exhausted to fight. Who knows how long he’d been there and how bad he feels.

[@colleen31]

LOL that's so cute

[@littleman787]

Cute but it's dangerous to over-anthropomorphise animals. They are animals, not humans

[@colleen31]

@@littleman787 How was this animal over anthropomorphic? Lol Because you think we should what? Let nature take its course? I think it's safe to say the fox didn't pick up any human characteristics or traits.....and I don't think he'll be going through McDonalds drive through anytime soon. 😂😂

[@islandercirce2]

@@colleen31 I believe that you have misunderstood the idea of over anthropomorphise in littleman787's comment. Anthropomorphise means to attribute human thinking and feelings to an animal or even an inanimate object. Rescue and treatment of an animal has nothing to do with anthropomorphising.

[@karinachow7748]

Lawrie is very charming. Don't mind seeing more of him at all. :)

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks very much :)

[@audreyheather]

He's a very Kind & Humble Man 💙

[@auroraauroris7939]

I agree with you, he has that calm and confident demeanor. He's also obviously great at rescuing animals. :D

[@sharonhenderson8956]

Yes, quite Charmin person.

[@badgerdax1763]

I always love the editing humour - "Lawrie Brailey, Rescuer/Not Simon"

[@wildlifeaid]

Haha thank you :D

[@traida111]

lawrie, you are part of the furniture. there is no 'unfortuantely its me' stuff anymore :D

[@Wh3atley]

Exactly!

[@wildlifeaid]

Hahaha! Thank you! :)

[@traida111]

@@xxx.118 yeah thats the one, he is a grey, which are future human, i think 30,000 years in our future. But not on our timeline so we will never be them. I recommend a book by Dolores Canon called Custodians. If you are really into aliens you will absolutely not be able to put the book down. Tells you everything.

[@warrenny]

Damn it. I started tearing up when he said: "well, he's got his second chance; let's hope he makes the most of it."

[@pcbacklash_3261]

I don't know why I love watching them go home so much, but there's something just so satisfying about it, as if all's right with at least one small corner of the world. :-)

[@whatthefox4787]

I agree. Humans have a bad reputation with animals, because they attack and hurt for no good reason. That's why they run for their lives when they see a Human. Its satisfying that at least -some- of them can view Humans as "not all bad".

[@jackiefloyd8003]

May you have a long and happy life little fox. God speed.

[@wildlifeaid]

Well said!

[@sherrywebber4013]

GREAT job Lawrie!! I think she knew you were going to untangle her so she stayed very still. You have such a talent for the foxes... we shall dub you the fox whisperer!! I enjoy these video's so much because with the world as it is today, it's nice to know there are people still caring for the unfortunate wildlife in distress! If we all showed love & caring as you people do... we'd be a better world. Tgank you for caring. 💕🌹⚘🦊🦊

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks so much that's very kind of you to say! Thanks for all your support :)

[@ReiverBlue1971]

Well said.

[@urilevi9575]

Save the foxes. Love them. Thank you for this. 🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🙏

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks for your support! :)

[@whatthefox4787]

💗💗💗💗

[@urilevi9575]

@@whatthefox4787 Love your name.

[@wolfstar024]

I don't know if this has been happening for a while (and I just didn't notice) or if it's recent, but I love how (in addition to "Rescuer") one of Lawrie's titles is "Not Simon" *lol*

[@wildlifeaid]

Haha it's happened a few times! We think it's a fitting title! ;)

[@bobiboulon]

She looked so resigned while you were freeing her from the net... Thank you for saving her! Also, Simon is litterally exuding love from every pore when he comes to get the fox for her release. :3

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks so much. We're so glad we could help her! :)

[@doggiesarus]

I noticed in the end, no one had lifted those nets off the ground.

[@wildlifeaid]

This was brought up and they said they would do so. Hopefully they will...

[@MrNicoJac]

If they don't do it, they're gonna have to buy a lot of new nets over the years 😆

[@lemonacidrounds7293]

@@MrNicoJac So lets not play football anymore cause some fox might entangle again. WTF? That's why WAF are here for

[@EngineerMikey5]

@@lemonacidrounds7293 I prefer Fox not being tangled even if you lose your ability to play with balls

[@slyaspie4934]

@@EngineerMikey5 thing is though not having nets at all wouldn't stop people from playing, they'd just have to go further to retrieve the ball. We never used to have nets on our goals back at school, also what happened to just using a couple of jumpers for goal posts

[@unouni2548]

I wasn't watching for the first minute and genuinely thought it was Simon speaking, I guess his mentorship includes voice coaching 😂

[@DanielRenardAnimation]

Maybe I should go into business, making football nets that have little motors, that charge up with sunlight during the day and detects when night has fallen, automatically pulling up the net, from the bottom, to about halfway... Because people NEVER learn. 😑 So glad the little fox was alright. It's always worrisome, when the animal is so out of it, that they hardly have the strength to struggle, although it does make the rescue a bit easier. Well done! 🦊

[@wildlifeaid]

That sounds like a really good idea! Thanks for the support :)

[@amandah2866]

Well done Lawrie! The poor thing was very caught up and you got her free by yourself. I hope you gave the guys a bit of a lecture about lifting/tieing up the nets to prevent similar situations.

[@ikigai47]

Another job well done. I hope you told those guys to hang up the nets in the future.

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks very much! We did indeed ask the school to raise the nets in the future :)

[@anglosaxon5874]

The schools need to be taught and comply with rolling up the netting, just as residential houses etc. If animals keep being 'caught' then they need to be fined for negligence and causing undue suffering and pay any medical expences.

[@LemonLoverCockatiel]

HERE HERE!

[@Pythonaria]

Was going to say the same thing.

[@HelenaMikas]

How right you are .They 'claim to be a school for inspiring learners " ..REALLY ..? Let see they take heed and think of wild life .

[@amandalindsey7256]

Agreed, I hope they made a payment to WAF.

[@thewr0ngchild]

It's also lethal to birds of prey as well. Once they get tangled, many break their wings, which is tragic for any bird. Should be law in all areas, that nets must be rolled up and put away after use.

[@saffron2yrs]

2:28 "I'm Floating" Best line in this video!

[@wildlifeaid]

Glad you liked it! :D

[@kingmaxiejacobforever7816]

The poor little thing must of been terrified.

[@wildlifeaid]

Hopefully he feels much better now! :)

[@graham8430]

I saw not one but two youngish foxes pass through the bottom of my garden as recently as yesterday... on their way to a neighbour's bird table offerings no doubt... a total surprise and delight to see these wild creatures here in West Yorkshire! Thank you, keep up the good work... you are doing a sterling service!!

[@wildlifeaid]

Oh that's lovely! Thanks for sharing! :)

[@aenorist2431]

Exceedingly helpful titling on that card there. Had you not said so, I would have been sure I was listening to Simon!

[@wildlifeaid]

Hahaha! Glad we could help out! :D

[@sophierobinson2738]

I've also been watching Ocean Conservation Namibia, where some young men capture seals to release them from horrible entanglements that leave terrible wounds.

[@wildlifeaid]

Netting can cause so much damage to so many creatures :(

[@SuperLoops]

oh I love Naude and Antoine and the seals 💕 OCN is a really nice channel. and another rescuing animals from tanglements thing is the Australian fruitbat rescue channels like Batzilla the Bat and Megabattie the poor bats get caught in netting that ppl put over fruit trees and when they struggle to get free they get hopelessly tangled 😢 but when they get rescued and wrapped in a towle and given apple juice they are so adorable but I wish ppl would be more careful and considerate of the poor animals who get stuck in things we leave lying around

[@patpierce4854]

Absolute fan of OCN - Ocean Conservation Namibia! They also do fantastic wildlife rescues!

[@lynngreene1993]

Me too Sophie and l am hooked! And those young men are heroes eh x x

[@chattykathy5313]

We have two foxes, 1 Badger sow and three cubs visiting for food every night, to think that people are so thoughtless about fences, and this type pf netting makes me cross, such beautiful creatures -thank you Lawrie you are a star. Oh by the way I forgot to mention the visiting Hedgehog we have named Prickles! He always turns up at 3am when the others have eaten all the spoils and he is left with the crumbs.

[@jeffj2495]

Nice rescue everyone. Such a beautiful fox.

[@Jimfoxyboy]

Someone else snuck in a fox rescue without telling you about it Simon? Sounds like you were almost jealous! Ah well, we can't be everywhere at once. ;)

[@cuteshadow]

I love the title "rescuer, not simon" .. "What do you do for a Living?" - "Yeah i´m a Not Simon!" :D

[@Pjsev]

I love happy endings.

[@saulwest8254]

Always football netting.

[@wildlifeaid]

It's something we deal with all too much :(

[@Kim-lc3fv]

@@wildlifeaid Do you tell the football netting owners to do something to make the nets less accessible to foxes and other wildlife? At least with fruit tree netting, therr is the safe kind to use.

[@colleen31]

Human Angel's! Thank you all for doing what you do for all these animals. People like you that make this world a better place. 😂

[@wildlifeaid]

Thank you so much! :)

[@marcelhajnik7036]

Thank you for saving the fox ..Fox is my favourite animal, I saw 3 other day while walking with my daddy :) 💙 🐺

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks very much! Foxes are stunning creatures :)

[@marcelhajnik7036]

Yes they are beautiful I won't to be you when I am older I am 8 love your videos :)" 💙 max

[@LemonLoverCockatiel]

@@marcelhajnik7036 Hold on to that dream! The world needs more people that love wildlife

[@gabrielallen6827]

2:28 I'm floating!

[@denniscanan]

“Unfortunately it’s me again for this one”😂

[@mortishyn6664]

I wish whole world will be full of people like you ,great ,loving animals.Thank you.You are the best.

[@twilit]

Thank goodness someone helped this baby

[@wildlifeaid]

Thank you :)

[@judil3294]

While you had a good grip on the fox it looked almost unconscious, but the second you let go, massive scrabble trying to get away.

[@brightbite]

That fox knew you were trying to help him. What a cute docile face!

[@wildlifeaid]

Thank you! Hopefully he feels much better now! :)

[@luhole]

Thank you

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks for your support! :)

[@nightponyinrface6009]

The fox just wanted to get a goal point for his team~ 🦊

[@avacat8852]

beautiful rescue!! Love foxes!!

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks very much! Great to hear!

[@izices]

The intro card for Lawrie made me laugh Lawrie Brailey Rescuer / Not Simon He was really tangled up in there, poor little cub. Glad you guys got there.

[@andieg8615]

"Rescuer/Not Simon" You could have fooled me! xD

[@wildlifeaid]

Haha uh oh!

[@danaleelavelle3708]

Lawrie, Great job!

[@annwithaplan9766]

Ohh Mr. Simon, I'm sure Laurie wasn't being sneaky haha. Love seeing you both in the videos. : )

[@audreyheather]

Thank you For Saving this Beautiful Fox 💙 The Work you all do is so Important. God Bless

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks so much for your support :)

[@BothHands1]

awww poor foxy glad she's ok now, and didn't have any lasting injuries. thank you laurie for helping her!! she looked so happy to be back home. hopefully this shock to the system keeps her far away from nets dor the rest of her life. beautiful beautiful fox. thank you laurie, rita, simon, and everyone on the team!

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks very much! Hopefully all will be well in the future! :)

[@animalsareourangels93]

Thank you so much 😊 for saving this foxes life! Bless you! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@whatthefox4787]

A life is a life, from humans down to the smallest earthworm, and saving a life is still saving a life. Apostle Paul said, "true religion is caring for the widows and orphans" meaning showing compassion and helping those who need it. Humanity can learn a lesson or two from this guy. 😊

[@Spike-ck5tj]

Fantastic job as usual. Thank you It was lovely to see this beautiful animal returned home. (I hope the school now lift their nets off the ground when not in use). Good luck wee fox.

[@grazia1238]

beautiful fox 💕🦊🦊🦊🦊💕

[@wildlifeaid]

They are stunning creatures! :)

[@JJDBaca]

Poor little fella. Glad he had a rescuer.

[@Bigrignohio]

I love watching the fox videos. They are all described as "cute" and "quite bitey" :)

[@sharonhenderson8956]

Her briiliant golden🌌eyes was pleading "please" help me to Lawrie: "thanks" Simon's Wildlife Team for saving anim🐈l's in danger.

[@mirandakiff751]

Has anyone else noticed the funny animal comments that appear for one frame? This one says 'Im floating!' at 2:28

[@dsanders755]

What a wonderful job you have. And you all do it so brilliantly! Thank you. Blessings

[@whatthefox4787]

Fox will go back home and tell everyone she was abducted by Aliens 😄 Thank you, kind Sir and the others involved, for your help and compassion 💗

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks so much :)

[@twots22]

Great job. The fox trusts you all.

[@lynngreene1993]

Lawrie is brilliant!!! Thanks for being so gentle 💚 shame you could'nt have been there for the release 😦 x x

[@snooker48]

That was awesome, guys!

[@tinksmith4964]

You all need to give yourselves more credit you’re life savers

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks so much :)

[@solidspirit2365]

Important...very first thing you should show any animal is friendship through food/non hostility.

[@lovelyskull3483]

Laurie is wonderful.☮️🇨🇦

[@frances6827]

Foxy was being tame and sweet.

[@ExquisiteKinkyCoils]

Blessings to you all ❤❤❤.

[@mrugod]

We love you Lawrie

[@wildlifeaid]

Haha thank you! :)

[@seriousspikesam7770]

Official job description "not Simon."

[@wildlifeaid]

It certainly seems very accurate :)

[@FacheChanteDeux]

Poor baby, he is just resigned to dealing with it all and really sweet.

[@wildlifeaid]

Hopefully it feels much better now!

[@Robby334]

Well done Lawrie

[@botBot-mc1xg]

This is the great job and very merchfuly

[@erkheth]

Success! Welldone, this fox looks healthier. It looked nice and quick, but we only get to see the videos 🥰

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks very much :) It took less than a week to recover :)

[@nrdcoyne]

Whoever is editing these and adding the tiny captions for the animals, YOU ARE MY HERO! I just laughed so hard I've given myself an ab. Thank you!! Totally worth having to pause in the right place (which sometimes takes longer than I care to admit) for the laugh!

[@wildlifeaid]

Haha thank you! Glad you enjoy it! :)

[@johang7498]

WAF is getting notoriety within the fox-community, it seems - some foxes in the past have put up more of a fight when you tried to free them. Except for the one that got its head stuck in that wheel perhaps. One can only admire the work you do for all those wild animals and foxes in particular, I've a soft spot for them. They're gorgeous animals.

[@MLElf]

Beautiful !

[@ForeverWinterandHope]

Great job for helping him!

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks very much!

[@jujuoliver6959]

Love you guys. Such brilliant work.

[@xyz-iz9ul]

Beautiful fox

[@wildlifeaid]

They are beautiful creatures! :)

[@xyz-iz9ul]

@@wildlifeaid sometimes we could see our neighbour fox. Last time he got some good punches from the hare.😁

[@xyz-iz9ul]

We are lucky, from our flat we could see foxes, hares, crows, falcons and more. I love it

[@annika5893]

Poor cub, either it understood that Lawrie was there to help, was too scared or just didn't have any fight left because of the injury... Judging from young fox's reaction to Simon, I'd say scared. I hope it does well out there from now on!

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks very much. We hope he feels much better now that he's free!

[@jtc1947]

Wonderful Job! Well done.

[@wildlifeaid]

Thank you very much!

[@ediekoller1144]

Great job SIMON.

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks :)

[@aurawastaken7251]

"he knows where he's going!" *fox takes a quick look and runs straight back into the net*

[@Hammerite]

Anyone else think Simon would be perfect to narrate a nature documentary?

[@CoolMusicToMyEars]

I like the film detail in the run from the cage :)

[@rebeccarabbit3231]

Amazing as always ! :)))

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks so much :)

[@poppybaillie8390]

Lovely foxy, nice Volvo too

[@wildlifeaid]

Thank you! :)

[@scotttiger8905]

God bless.

[@unpopulardollsdontreadrepl8453]

so satisfying

[@egay86292]

brilliant.

[@shonagiffen4913]

Well done Wildlife aid x

[@PaiviProject]

💗💗💗

[@hazelb7218]

aww well done team xx looked quite a healthy fox too!! Advice to anyone in charge of football grounds would be to tell them to roll the goal netting up a few feet off the ground so animals like that fox don't get caught up in them again!!

[@wildlifeaid]

Thanks very much! We did ask the school to raise these nets and have been told they will :)

[@hazelb7218]

@@wildlifeaid great stuff x

[@liamoneloop3414]

LEGENDS

[@wildlifeaid]

Thank you!

[@sandybarrie5526]

Foxes are unique in the Canine world. they are the only ‘dog’ with retractable claws, exactly as cats, and the only canine with vertical eye Iris’s, exactly as cats also. (they may be the missing link between dogs and cats.) mum had a lovely pet fox as a child during the great depression, and would follow her from home to school, and wait for her and follow her home.

[@yacket]

They should make it school policy to put those up. Poor guy.

[@enigel1969]

There must be something people can do about those ghastly nets!

[@EmmaAppleBerry]

I wish theyd use hessian or canvas or something instead of nets.

[@SuperLoops]

all they have to do is tie the nets up when theyre not being used we always had to do this w/ our hockey nets at school they just had 3 strips of fabric around the bottom and after the game was finished you tied the net up to the top of the frame and its completely outve reach of foxes and badgers and hegehogs and things

[@lebarre1000]

I hit the LIKE icon when it’s lawrie....lol😀

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Speaking of which ...thumbs up.

[@hyekang3850]

4:26 that foxy fox looks like the woman on the newspaper

[@ivyneuhausen2708]

💜❤💜

[@emmabrooker166]

Send this to Jolyon Maugham.