Helping hand: Pedro is held by a carer at the Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre, shortly after he was plucked from a bush
Carers who look after baby animals are used to tiny creatures, but they could not have been expecting a cub as small as this adorable youngster.
Pedro the fox cub is being nursed back to health by experts in Somerset, despite being so small he fits in the palm of a hand.
The tiny creature, found shivering in a bramble bush near Weston-super-Mare, is the smallest ever fox cub treated by staff at the Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre.
Manager Sara Cowen battled through the thorns and rushed Pedro back to an incubator, where he is now being hand-reared and will eventually be released back into the wild.
Pedro had been just hours from death after being left behind by his mother when she was forced to abandon her fox hole in a hurry.
Ball of fluff: Pedro struggles to open his eyes, but appears to be in good hands at the centre in SomersetA horrified dog walker heard Pedro's plaintive baby cries coming from a bush.
Sara said: 'He would almost certainly have died if we hadn’t found him so soon.'
Nursed back to health: Pedro is held by Laurie John after being abandoned by his motherManager Sara Cowen battled through the thorns and rushed Pedro back to an incubator, where he is now being hand-reared and will eventually be released back into the wild.
Pedro had been just hours from death after being left behind by his mother when she was forced to abandon her fox hole in a hurry.
A horrified dog walker heard Pedro's plaintive baby cries coming from a bush.
Sara said: 'He would almost certainly have died if we hadn’t found him so soon.'
Early days: Pedro is the smallest fox cub ever rescued by the Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre in Somerset
Showing some bottle: The tiny cub takes a drink of milk after beuing rescued from a bramble bush near Weston-super-Mare
It is thought little Pedro was abandoned by his mother when she was forced to leave her fox hole in a hurry
source: dailymail
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