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Chuckles the red fox moved to TreeHouse Wildlife Center's new facility in Dow this week. In this video, she meets two orphaned kits that she will be fostering until their release.

Chuckles came to our center from St. Libory, IL in April of 2007. She had been found and shaken by a dog as a tiny kit and was severely injured. During her rehabilitation it became obvious that she had permanent neurological damage due to some unusual behaviors. One of her more unusual behaviors that she is popularly known for, and what she was named for, is her excessive "laughing" when she gets excited. Chuckles works as a foster parent at our center, helping us raise young fox kits every year with the help of her permanent companion Zorro, a gray fox.

This video was taken when the enclosure was just finished. It now includes large hollow logs that she loves to sleep in and foliage as well as raised platforms and large den boxes.

This orphaned baby red fox is being raised at TreeHouse Wildlife Center in Dow, IL. When it is old enough, if all goes according to plan, it will be released back into the wild.