Foxes are smaller than many dogs, and don't look to be that aggressive, I've always wondered why haven't they been domesticate?
Foxes are smaller than many dogs, and don't look to be that aggressive, I've always wondered why haven't they been domesticate?
I do not think domesticating yet another wild animal is a very good idea. We cannot now keep all of the cats, dogs, pigs, and other "domesticated" in homes and destroy over 5 million of them every year. Why is it that humans must try to show there dominance over wild critters when they can't even take care of the ones they already have now!
cosmictraveler, I agree about the over domestication. We're already having a problem with human population, if you go on reading some more, you'll find out that now even dog population is becoming a problem.
I was just wondering why big dogs have been domestic so often, but not foxes, I was thinking that they are more dangerous than dogs etc., but now my questions are answered.
Owning a dog is a big decision. Think of a fox as just a different 'breed' of dog. You still have to feed it, play with it, take it to the vet, etc. Having 'fox' as an option to pet owners is not going to create a wide new marketplace, it's just a substitute product in an existing marketplace. The people who want dogs already own dogs, now that foxes are being bred, you don't see people lining up at the pet store to take home a few foxes.