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He loves cuddles, chew toys and chasing his tail – but this is no pet puppy, this is Rocky the house-trained fox cub.

Rocky was found on a road by Mark Lumsden and Louise Henderson, who took the cub home and nursed him back to health.

But the couple have been left heartbroken after the Scottish SPCA took Rocky away from their home in Cowdenbeath, Fife.

Mark, 27, said: “I came across this bundle sitting in the middle of the road.

“I realised it was a fox cub and I thought it must have lost its mum. It had a big twig stuck in its gums and was just sitting there.

“Instead of leaving him, I scooped him up and brought him home.”

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Mark, his son Ryan, seven, and Louise and her daughter Emma Byrnes, five, bottle-fed the cub and built Rocky an outside playpen.

Mark, from Cowdenbeath, Fife, said: “He would fall asleep lying on my lap. Soon he was running about the house like he owned it and became a part of the family.”

But they are devastated after Scottish SPCA officials removed three-month-old Rocky, who Mark is desperate to bring home again.

Mark said: “We were devastated and all we want is to given a chance and have him back.”

Scottish SPCA Chief ­Superintendent Mike Flynn said: “We removed a wild fox cub after concerns were raised for its welfare.

“The fox is currently being cared for at our National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Clackmannanshire where it will be assessed by our expert vet and staff.”