Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

This story starts off sad, but it ends just like the inspiring holiday story we all need right now. A while back, I became friends with Connor Jackson who filmed the documentary Klatki and uncovered the cruelty of fur farming in Poland, and I met with local Polish animal protectors. What I saw in that film still haunts me. But recently my Polish friends went back to a fur farm and met a young fox. And it is the heartwarming story of that little fox I want you to see.

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This autumn we found a little arctic fox on a regular Polish fur farm

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

Locked in a dirty cage, he was alone and in pain, in the smells of excrement and rotting flesh

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

He was hungry and the small wire cage hurt his feet

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

He was just another baby fox, one of the dozens cramped in rusty cages

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

He was very scared of us

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

But when we rescued him, his life changed forever

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

He was in very poor health

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

So we gave him the medical treatment he needed

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

And we gave him a name: Maciek, a Polish name for a Polish fox

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

Maciek recovered in a safe, roomy space with one of his rescuers

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

He slowly adjusted to his new life

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

He gets delicious and nutritious snacks — he enjoys pumpkin just like us!

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

Maciek has a favorite toy

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

And now he has a friend teaching him how to play!

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

The fox and the hound feel safe in each other’s company

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

This year Maciek celebrates his very first Christmas outside a fur farm, he could not be happier!

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

But this is not a Christmas miracle. This happened because caring people worked hard to investigate farms and because animal friends like you support that work

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

Now we are close to banning fur!

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

Millions of nameless individuals like Maciek are still living and dying in barbaric conditions

Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage
Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage
Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage
Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage
Fox Saved From A Fur Farm Celebrates Its First Christmas Out Of Tiny Cage

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