A £1000 reward is being offered for the safe return of two foxes stolen from Lower Moss Wood Wildlife Hospital in Knutsford, Cheshire.
Lower Moss Wood Wildlife Hospital cares for and rehabilitates injured wildlife.
Lead volunteer and Trustee Ian Daniells is desperate for their safe return. Beloved foxes Alice and Rift were snatched overnight from their pens at the hospital.
Volunteers arrived at their enclosures on Saturday morning to find the locks had been broken.
The nature reserve consists of 18 acres of woodland, and the wildlife hospital admits about 2,000 injured animals each year.
This can be anything from a fox to a badger or an orphaned hedgehog.
Since the news, the hospital has been overwhelmed by the flood of donations which has poured in. Over £11,000 has been raised.
The incident is believed to have occurred sometime between 3pm on Friday, February 1 and 11am on Saturday, February 2. Anyone with information is asked to call Cheshire Police on 101.
You can donate here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/lower-moss-wood-animal-hospital-and-sanctuary
Reward of £1000 for safe return of Alice and Rift.
I will meet anyone anywhere who can return the foxes taken from @LMW_Hospital on Saturday night. No questions asked just live return of these very special members of my family. They are life savers and educators please DM me. pic.twitter.com/lrywrSgIkP— Ian Daniells (@recce_trooper) February 4, 2019
??Please share urgently- FOXES ALICE FEMALE & RIFT MALE
were #stolen 1 Feb from SANCTUARY Lower Moss Wood Wildlife Hospital, in Knutsford, #Cheshire#WA16
£1,000 reward offered
Plz share urgently, the sanctuary area is surrounded by hunt supporters & hunt kennels & landowners! pic.twitter.com/RrEbyASL03— Missing Pets GB (@MissingPetsGB) February 4, 2019
Thank you all for your kind words, unfortunately both Rift and Alice, the foxes on the programme are still missing. On what should have been a happy viewing I for one along with all the volunteers and Ray in particular are just in deep shock after the targeted break in.
— Ian Daniells (@recce_trooper) February 3, 2019
Sad news about Alice age Rift! #countryfile pic.twitter.com/6LlxwBP0Ws
— Matt (@Brdlymtt) February 3, 2019
