One spring evening a young fox appeared in Alex Klaushofer’s suburban garden, apparently asking for help. Her accidental fostering of Little Fox led her to, five years later, to volunteer at a wildlife rescue centre in the West Country, following the fortunes of a litter of orphaned cubs as they grew to adulthood and were released back into the wild.

Orphaned Foxes gives a rare insight into one of Britain’s most secretive mammals, revealing much about our relationship with wild animals and the complexities of modern conservation.