Two Guys Swam Through Flood Waters To Save Stranded Foxes

‘Two metres of water didn’t stop a couple of Saskatchewan men from swimming through a field to save some stranded wildlife.

Colin Graham lives near the village of Welwyn, about 250 kilometres east of Regina, which was hit hard with rain on the weekend. Some areas got 100 to 200 millimetres. “All of our crops here are under a lake pretty much,” Graham said.

Since this spring, Graham has been watching a family of foxes on his property. “[They] have been sitting out on this rock pile near our house for all spring,” he said. “My sister wondered what happened to the foxes, so we drove out there and there was just one rock sticking out of the top of the water.” On top of that rock, Graham noticed one young fox stranded on what he estimated was about eight feet of water.’

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