Foxes as Domesticated Pets

[liberalnarb]

[udbcrzy2]

1. Wow! Amazing

We have some in our subdivision, but they are not tame. You can hear them at around 3:00am screaming. Very scary sounds.

[Hun Joro]

2. That looks like a puppy mill.

This shouldn't be promoted. It's cruelty.

[2naSalit]

4. It sure does.

I don't like the idea of this at all. It cheapens the importance of the species and its role in the biosphere. It's bad enough that the vast majority of humans have no respect for wild animals as it is.

[Dustlawyer]

6. It's a step in the right direction. Before this they were killed and skinned.

Now maybe they will improve the living conditions to better socialize the animals. Now this would be in their best interest so hopefully they realize it!

[elfin]

3. They are canids and some have more "tame" genes than others

Russia has bred the least shy ones over many generations leading to very dog-like behavior.

The same idea behind the evolution of wolves to dogs. The more tame ones hung around near human camps for garbage and scraps and bred with each other. One of the many theories of dog beginnings.

[kas125]

5. That second video was going around facebook last week - people were

claiming that it was Bernie. I had to tell a friend who posted it that it wasn't.

I met a guy at a party on New Years Eve who has two Arctic foxes. He was showing pictures and videos of them to everybody. I asked him if they were domesticated or wild and he said they were domesticated. Then later he said he was planning to breed them and sell the babies. I asked about their care and if they have dog beds or what and he said, "Oh, no, I can't let them live inside the house, they're wild animals. I have a pen in the backyard for them." I hate the idea of keeping wild animals in a cage, so that was the end of our conversation. Later I googled pet foxes and evidently there are a lot of them.

[CTyankee]

7. Well, I was thinking I'd get one and put it in the henhouse. Do your think that would work

out nicely?