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Anonymous
>Possession of wildlife > 31(1) No person shall possess any wildlife taken in contravention of this Act or the regulations. > (2) No person shall possess any wildlife without a licence where, pursuant to this Act or the regulations, a licence is required to possess that wildlife.
That means you can not go into the woods and bring a fox home. The law makes sense and really why would you want a wild fox as a pet? I think that would fall into some form of poaching legality too, covered elsewhere in the laws you quoted.
This does not apply to animals bred in captivity (by licensed breeders). Animals raised by humans and handled while very young can make decent pets, and are legal for sale as long as your local civic jurisdiction allows for it. (Some city bylaws ban exotic pets).
But here in Regina I have a relative who owns a serval (A pure serval, not a hybrid) an I know a couple who have an arctic fox.
The serval was raised by a loving housecat alongside her litter of kittens. Being raised alongside humans and domestic cats goes a long way towards a well behaved exotic.
Now for a counterpoint: California. Mike Tyson has a Siberian tiger as a pet. Lots of footage of it playing in his pool and him throwing a ball for it to chase. If you can keep a full sized tiger in you back yard, why are you so skeptical that a person could own a common fox?
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