Man builds special bond with a fox he rescued - now the pair hug every day - video Dailymotion

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A man built an incredibly close relationship with a fox he rescued - and now the pair hug and cuddle every day.  Geoff Grewcock, 74, took Sweep in as a cub seven years ago after she was surrendered to the sanctuary in a very ill state.  Geoff believes she was poisoned and he spent the following year nursing her back to health, during which time she imprinted on him.  As a result, Sweep was unable to be returned to the wild and now spends her life with Geoff at the Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary.

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00:00It's not something you see every day.

00:02What's the story here? Who've you got?

00:05This is Sweep. She's seven years old.

00:08And when she first came in she was a cub.

00:11And she was very, very ill.

00:13It took us about a year to get her better.

00:15And of course, over a year she got imprinted.

00:18So she can't be released.

00:20This was imprinted to you, I assume?

00:22Imprinted to me, because I had to spend all the time with her, hand-rearing her,

00:26giving all the medication, everything.

00:29And now she just clings to me.

00:31She's like a little baby.

00:33I see. Look, that's so sweet.

00:49It's just a bit mental being here.

00:51You're carrying a badger, you've got to bark.

00:56Hello Minty.

00:59Shhh.

Man builds special bond with a fox he rescued - now the pair hug every day

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