Heartbreak at What Is Found ‘Crying’ for Its Mom in Backyard [Video]

A video about tiny fox cub that was found “crying” in a backyard has gone viral on TikTok.

The video shared by @ch8ps1 the video has amassed more than 551,000 views since it was posted on April 9.

Text overlaid on the clip reads: “When you find a baby fox cub crying for its mum.” The footage begins with the small animal peeking out from behind some foliage, before it later appears in a narrow space beside a wooden fence. A subsequent shot shows the cub sitting on a blanket in a box.

The poster wrote in the caption: “Fox sanctuary told me to keep him warm outside and his Mum should come back for him overnight.”

In a subsequent video, which appears to be footage from a security camera, an adult fox—believed to be the cub’s mother—is shown entering the yard in the middle of the night. As cries echo faintly in the …