World's smallest fox takes first steps in new home
Video showed fennec fox Pinky at her new home in Essex, where she is part of a conservation programme to ensure their long-term sustainability.
The female has moved to Colchester Zoological Society (CZS) from Longleat Safari Park to join the zoo's resident male, Otis.
Known as the smallest fox in the world, a fully grown fennec fox weighs only 1.5kg (2.2lb) and is between 24 and 41cm (nine to 16in) in length, compared with the British red fox, which weighs around 5kg (11lb).
Fennec foxes, native to the Sahara Desert, are currently listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, but were at risk from the illegal pet trade and were often captured for exhibition purposes, said CZS.
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