Shouldn’t be a shocker: foxes are easier to tame than most wild animals. I had a bunch of pet foxes at the naval gunfire range off San Diego. Would feed them mess hall baloney by hand while we watched the ships fire.
Do the get covered by the VA?
At some point his funding stopped so I don't know if he succeeded in achieving his goal.
I imagine he at least got as far as breeding foxes who were less dangerous than pit bulls.