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The children love visits from the cheeky fox cubs

LORETTO JUNIOR SCHOOL, LOCATED IN Musselburgh, East Lothian, is home to five wild foxes – four cubs and a mother. The school has a beautiful wild woodland area located in the playground, where the five foxes have set up home. The children and staff members have watched these magnificent and curious animals grow up into young adolescents. We’ve quickly learnt not to leave anything out in the playground as the foxes are very cheeky and have stolen numerous soft cricket balls, soft toys, wetsuit shoes and gloves.

Mother fox is very wary of people; however, the young foxes are curious and mischievous, and

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