PUFFER, Shirley

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Shirley Tompkins and her husband Bob began helping a wounded fox last winter. Now a second also is showing up at their trailer.
"A little red fox showed up last February with a broken front left leg, walking on three legs," Shirley Tompkins said. "You could tell it was swollen and painful and he had difficulty moving.
"We knew he couldn't fend for himself without being able to dig and would probably starve, so we gave him some wieners."
The fox, which the couple nicknamed Red, became a regular visitor, going onto the verandah of the Tompkins' trailer outside this central British Columbia town to eat wieners and raw meat from Bob Tompkins' hand but refusing to be petted.
"If you put out your hand to pet it, it would back right off," Shirley Tompkins said.
Red now shows up about every third day, still limping but in better health with a rich, glossy coat of fur, she said.
One day recently Red was accompanied by a silver fox that was badly limping on three legs, and the second animal has become a daily visitor, she said.
"It's a beautiful, younger male fox we think could be an offspring, and it has a hind leg hip injury," she said. "I know I'm not supposed to feed wild animals, but these foxes would not have survived without some help." 11/11/2004 USA Today

Family/Spouse: TOMPKINS, Robert. Robert and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Daniel married MOONEY, Aretta Ethel. Aretta (daughter of MOONEY, John and SWEET, Ethel) was born on 11 Jul 1905 in Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Apr 1985 in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married SWEET, Ethel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]