A black fox with rabbit in its mouth on Sun Peaks Road near Kamloops, May 8, 2023.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Kathy Beck
May 14, 2023 - 3:30 PM
Kathy Beck has been driving Sun Peaks Road from her home in Whitecroft to her job at the resort for over two decades and has seen a lot of different wildlife during her travels.
Beck saw something last night, May 8, she's never seen before. It was a black fox trotting into a clearing with a large rabbit in its mouth.
She and her son stopped in the middle of the road to snap a few photos.
“We saw it run across the street but didn’t know what it was at first,” she said. “Sure enough it was a black fox with dinner in its mouth, we guess taking it to feed babies.”
She said while foxes are common in the Sun Peaks area, she’s only spotted a black one a couple of times over the years, and has never seen one with a rabbit in its mouth. She posted the photos to social media and got a big response.
“The rabbit was almost as big as the fox,” she said. “People are saying it’s either a snowshoe hare or a jack rabbit.”
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Beck said she feels privileged to have seen the fox and is happy to share the photos.
“No one gets to see that around here, I was in the right place and the right time,” she said. “I believe they call it a silver tip fox, it’s a majestic, beautiful creature.”
Foxes can come in all different colours, with the most common colour being red or orange, according to Fauna Facts. The silver and black colour can happen to a red fox, and when this colouration occurs the tail will usually be white.
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