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http://www.furaffinity.net/user/brigwyn/ · Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 04 Oct 2008 Posts: 2914

As I am sure most of you know Russian brides for sale have long been a staple of the former USSR economy. However now it would seem that silver foxes have been bread for domesticity and are being sold as pets. A rather cruel thing to do.
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Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 20 Oct 2009 Posts: 12351

How is this cruel?

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

Honestly, as long as some form of bond is in place, domestication is'nt always a bad thing if you are looking for some kind of companionship.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 650

hmm ive read about this and those scientist over there are using selective breeding. Something that's been done to wolves way back in the far BC era. Only difference between what people did to wolves compared to foxes is that its more controlled. But, you can't call them total foxes since some side effects from the domestication breeding prosses is a shorter tails in some and having there tail's curl up like a husky in others. The majority have lost there red fur and some of the domestic foxes even have spots. There main problem is the more they breed them to get a desired domestic fox the more fox like features they start to loose. Not sure if they found a way to counter that or not. Also, that practice of selective breeding is still being done today. With dog and cat breeders and also farmers looking for the best male to mate with the best female to get a better produce.