The Region - News from July 1, 1986

Red foxes preying on dwindling populations of two endangered bird species at the Seal Beach National Wildlife refuge will be trapped and sent to zoos or released in the wilds in other locations, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official said. Bob Fields, refuge manager, estimated that there are 50 to 60 foxes harassing least terns and light-footed clapper rails on the 1,100-acre salt marsh refuge on the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station. Fields said any trapped foxes that cannot be relocated in zoos or the wild will be “killed in a humane manner” by injection.