Autumn is the time for counting island foxes across the Channel Islands and providing them with health checks. Early word from our friends at the Catalina Island Conservancy is that island fox numbers are up and they may see their population reach a 1000 this year! Considering that the Catalina Island fox was nearly wiped out by the introduction of the distemper virus in the late 1990s, the rebounding of the wild population is a huge success story. Friends of the Island Fox has participated in this recovery by funding radio tracking collars for island foxes on Catalina.
The CIC has posted a wonderful slide show of the whole capturing and health check process. Click HERE to visit the slide show.
Read more about Island Fox Health Checks and listen to biologist Julie King as she does a health check in the field.
Friends of the Fox offers an interactive Fox Health Check Presentation to teach children and adults about the island fox and the work biologists actually do in the field.
To contact us regarding programs about the island fox: 805 228-4123 or admin@islandfox.org