Tempe is happy again

Gift for my beloved best friend Allerlei as it is her birthday today


Temperance is a female bat-eared fox living in zoo Dvur Kralove nad Labem in the Czech republic. This spring she gave birth to two kits but she was not able to take care of them, she probably did not have enough milk. So keepers tried to hand-feed the babies to save them. It is very difficult, but zoos always do their best to return the babies back to parents / mother so they can get the right behavior of their species. This time keepers tried to keep the kits in touch with parents, especially Temperance. Tempe is very friendly, so she allowed the keepers to put the kits on her belly so they could also get some of her milk, while the keepers kept scratching her (www.facebook.com/zoodvurkralov… this tactic worked were well, pups got stronger and when they could accept also normal food (like worms), they were finally reunited with the family this photo shows happy Tempe who seemed to be guarding her family - both kits and father of them sleep behind her back



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