A two-year-old male red fox nicknamed Basil survives a treatment for heartworm and clears quarantine in the United States, multiple outlets report. The fox is believed to have been hiding aboard a car transporter ship that travels from Southampton to New York. Customs officers locate the animal among the cargo during the UK departure process, and it is subsequently taken into care by the Bronx Zoo, where it is now settled. The Evening Standard says the animal is at the Bronx Zoo, while the Mirror reports it was brought in on 19 February and is named Basil following its discovery. The Belfast Telegraph adds that Basil’s quarantine clearance follows a “brush with heartworm,” indicating the fox receives care related to the parasite before release from quarantine procedures. Across the reports, the details are consistent that Basil is a male red fox, found on a car transporter ship bound for New York, and that the Bronx Zoo is the receiving facility after quarantine is completed.