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.
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.