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Anonymous
I want a fox. How do I acquire said fox?
>> Anonymous
buy a foxhound.
>> Anonymous
slap the mouse, win a prize?
>> Anonymous
Get a very expensive and hard-to-acquire wild animal license (protip: If you say that you want a pet they'll deny your application) and then capture one yourself.
>> Anonymous
All states have .pdfs of all their laws, for example in Arkansas

www.agfc.com/pdfs/captive_wildlife/Captive%20wildlife%20code%2007152004.pdf

"Any furbearer, game animal, game bird or game fish legally taken
during an authorized season in compliance with all applicable hunting,
trapping and fishing restrictions in this Code Book may be possessed."

NATIVE WILDLIFE PET RESTRICTIONS. It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take by any method other than by hands and possess alive any
native wildlife species other than six (6) each of the animals specified herein
per household. The transfer of ownership of such animals or the progeny
thereof is prohibited.
(A) Bobcat, coyote, deer, gray fox, red fox, opossum, quail, rabbit, raccoon
and squirrel.
(B) Any native nongame wildlife excluding birds, bats, alligator snapping
turtles, ornate box turtles, hellbenders, troglodytic (cave-dwelling)
species or those animals defined as endangered species.

"Mountain lions (Puma concolor) may be kept in captivity subject to city
and county ordinances and must be accompanied by proof of legal
purchase and ownership."

tl;dr: Just about anything goes, and even if you are breaking the law the worst they can do is a $100-$1000 fine and make you surrender the animal, not that they will do anything unless you fuck up and are bit by your rattlesnake or your coyote eats your neighbors dogs or they complain about your bobcat running loose
>> Anonymous
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obligatory
>> Anonymous
>>321032

fuck coming home to that
>> Anonymous
Actually, Russians have tried to breed 'nice behaving' foxes. And it seems they were succesful, but the foxes still stink like hell. So if you don't have a sense of smell, go for it.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>320893
somone else in the law field?

all true.
>> Anonymous
>>321048
Source? I've read that the silver foxes stopped stinking during domestication. I always assumed it was a result of their neoteny or lack of adrenaline.
>> Anonymous
Somebody please explain why these people aren't making millions selling pet foxes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDb27ZP9zEE&feature=related
>> Anonymous
>>321099

no, biology, long time intrest in native and exotic animals, and I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
>> Anonymous­­­­
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO_KOB-gUps

CAN'T HAVE
>> Anonymous
How to make a fortune:

1. Pretend to be a fur farmer so the Russians will sell you tame silver fox kits.
2. Trap some red foxes
3. Crossbreed tame foxes with red foxes
4. Weed out untame and non-red hybrids and crossbreed again.
5. Sell tame red foxes
6. There is no "???" part
7. Make profit!!
>> Anonymous
YIFF YIFF YIFF
>> Anonymous
i wonder how successful someone could be doing this with raccoons
>> Anonymous
I think it can be done with any social animal. You just have to be able to identify which traits you are breeding for.

The guy who spear headed the tame fox project also tried the experiment with rats.
>> Anonymous
for OP...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennec_Fox
>> 4tran
>>321406
Ugly fox is ugly.
>> Anonymous
>>321406

Adorable Fox is Adorable
>> Anonymous
>>321264
It will work with any mammal with clearly identifiablte fear responses. All you need is to identify the individuals that are tamer from the ones that are aggressive and timid. The biggest problem with raccoons are smaller litters compared to foxes and rats, so you need a bigger breeding population or more generations to get to the point where you can reliably produce tame raccoons with nothing but tame offspring.
>> Anonymous
>>321264
>>321444
After reading what horrible little gremlins raccoons can be when kept in a human household, I don't think even a tame raccoon would make a good pet. Unless you enjoy having all your stuff thrown out of any unlocked cupboards and flushed down the toilet. Because that's something raccoons do for fun.