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.
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.
“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.