NEW BEDFORD — Staff members at Buttonwood Park Zoo hope Piper, a lively 9-week-old red fox, will pounce on people’s hearts. Her story could easily have ended in heartbreak. Piper’s mother was carrying her in her mouth when she was struck and killed by a car in an area community. A concerned resident took in the orphaned kit, as baby foxes are called, and cared for her at home for weeks before she contacted the zoo. Zoo veterinarians discovered that Piper was blind. No one

Source: Red fox, orphaned in crash, pounces back at Buttonwood Park Zoo