'Albino' fox cubs seen playing in Hull cemetery

A woman has told of her delight at spotting four rare white fox cubs playing in a city cemetery.

Joy s and her family caught sight of the creatures at the former Jewish Cemetery in Ella Street, Hull, on Thursday evening. They were treated to a second appearance on Friday morning.

Ms s said: "It really threw us as we just didn't know what they were. We do see quite a lot of foxes but we've never seen any white ones. We stood there for ages watching them playing and play fighting with their mum."

Jennifer Quinn, founder of The Wildlife Alliance Hull and East Yorkshire, said: "Albinism in foxes is very rare, especially in the UK."

Ms s said her garden backs onto the cemetery.

She said she could not believe her eyes when her son alerted her to what he thought was a pack of dogs playing together.

"They where there until last light, and then at 7am I looked out the window and the mum was nudging them [the cubs]," said Ms s.

"I love foxes, so I was just like wow! My neighbour texted and was saying can we swap houses":[]}