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I don't know if this is true but I've heard that at fox farms they kill the aggressive foxes. Resulting in the foxes getting more and more tame. So they are bas
by z3t4 6y ago
I don't know if this is true but I've heard that at fox farms they kill the aggressive foxes. Resulting in the foxes getting more and more tame. So they are basically killing dogs for their furs.
- akeck 6y agoMore info: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/mans-new-best-friend-a-forgotten-russian-experiment-in-fox-domestication/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/mans-new-bes...
- throwawayffffas 6y agoThere has definitely been experimentation on the domestication of foxes, and if I recall correctly they would sell the foxes furs when funding ran dry. Though I don't know to what extent this applies to commercial fur farms. I actually was not even aware that fox fur farms are a thing. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_red_fox#Experimentation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_red_fox#Experimen...