This poor fella worst I've seen this year.

That is one pitiful creature

Gonna skin it?

Hahaha may take it to the taxidermist.

Nasty critters with mange.

Mac

You did that one a favor.

This is stiff competition

Man, those are some beauties, LOL.

Mange is a very cruel way to go.



I got this guy in a horse barn I was called out to for ADC removal. I just picked it up (with gloves) and put it in a cage trap. Advised the customer to completely muck out and change the bedding in that stall , plus contact their veterinarian before putting any horses in that stall.
The fox put up zero fight when I put it in the cage trap. It died enroute returning back from the call 20 minutes away.

^^^^^this is priceless education .
Suffering abounds in the wild world.

I guess when you’ve been trapping or hunting long enough you see these things.
Poor critters

Nature is far more cruel than the trapper ever could be.

Pretty rough way to go, we had a couple nights in the single digits and really can't believe they can make it through with no insulation.

Wow I have caught some bad ones but not that bad.

Hope we don't see more of that.

A little bit more info on this photo.



This picture was taken in 2008. Mange is common in red fox here. It is actually rare to see a fox with none here. They all have at least a little bit. This one was real bad. It was about 20% fur and 80% scab. Almost it's whole body covered in scabs. Just picture how much that animal needed to scratch from the itch of something underneath it's skin. It would drive a human insane.

National Geographic found this photo online and contacted me to use it in a documentary about the mythical animal called a chupacabra showing how something like this could be mistaken for a chupacabra. I've also given permission for one of our members here to put on his ADC website.

Buttttt..... I've seen other people on the net stealing this photo.
If you see this picture somewhere else , it is my picture and they stole it.

This was my target this year. Fortunately I got him!

Itch is very much on the same level of pain. Most humans cannot comprehend.

There’s a major outbreak of mange on the property I trap and hunt..

You can almost smell them from here.

have not seen one of those yet.