Avalon — A researcher releases one of four foxes trapped overnight recently as part of the effort to save the Catalina Island fox from extinction. In 1999, the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy and the Institute for Wildlife Studies launched a $2-million recovery program. It has been wildly successful.
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Avalon — Wildlife biologist Julie King retrieves a trap with one of four foxes collected overnight for monitoring.
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Avalon — King checks a fox for ear mites. A mask has been put on the animal to keep it calm during the examination.
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Avalon — A trapped fox awaits the attentions of wildlife biologists, who will examine it, give it any needed treatment and add it to their count before releasing it back into the wild.
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Avalon — A fox's teeth are checked to help determine its age.
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Avalon — Bite damage is evident on the left ear of one of trapped foxes.
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Avalon — Biologist Julie King gets ready to release one of the foxes.
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Avalon — Along the road near the botanical garden here, biologist Julie King and researcher Tyler Dvorak treat two foxes trapped as part of the project to save the Catalina Island fox. If the success of the effort continues, the fox may eventually be removed from the federal endangered species list.
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