They brought the animals back and soon realized they were actually foxes. The team leader, Brian Vaughan, said he found eight black puppies in the sewer.
They were very small and looked a lot like Labradors.
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The firefighters even wanted to keep them for themselves, but they didn't know how to take care of such tiny creatures, so they had to give them to an animal rescue organization in the nearby city of Pikes Peak.
There, the firefighters were told they didn't rescue Labradors, but foxes.
And they were not lost, they didn't need human help.
Foxes are very common in this part of Colorado Springs, and it seems that the parents of these foxes simply hid them in a remote location.
The puppies were taken back and are still being monitored.
The firefighters hope that the vixen will soon return for her offspring. In the meantime, the little foxes have to feed themselves.
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