Armed cops took a break from harassing sunbathers to rescue a baby fox found wounded in a London park today.
Kind-hearted officers from Scotland Yard’s elite SC019 firearms unit named the stricken cub Bobby after finding it on their patrol through Southwark, south London.
Five-week-old Bobby was found with a suspected dog bite on the end of his tail.
Adorable photos show the animal wrapped in a blanket and sitting comfortably on an officer’s knee.
A wildlife charity say he is “on the way to a recovery” after his brush with the law.
MPS Firearms Command tweeted: “Whilst on patrol in the Southwark area yesterday, #SCO19 officers were flagged down by concerned members of the public who had come across this distressed baby fox.
Adorable photos show him perched on an officer’s knee (Image: PA)
“With no sign of his parents, officers cared for it until The Fox Project could take over.”
He was found with a suspected dog bite on his tail (Image: PA)
The tweet earned the officers praise, with one impressed follower posting: “Respect. I am always impressed by how officers with such heavy responsibility remain humane.”
Fox Project ambulance driver Tamsyn Varley said: “We were worried about him yesterday, he wasn’t able to move properly, he couldn’t move his front legs.
He was eventually handed over to an animal welfare charity (Image: PA)
“But this morning he was fine. He is on antibiotics and he can walk which is the main thing.”
Bobby will hopefully be released into the wild in August or September.