Overview

• Nature photographer Dominik Reigl first spotted the juvenile white fox at dusk on the edge of a cornfield.
• Heinz Sedlmeier of LBV Munich confirmed the fox’s coloration stems from leuzism, a benign loss-of-pigment disorder.
• Investigators ruled out a polar fox escape by noting the animal’s blue eyes, facial structure and fur texture.
• Complete white leuzistic cases in red foxes are exceptionally rare, with only a few documented worldwide.
• Reigl is withholding the fox’s exact location under conservation guidelines to protect it from human disturbance.