Is this the cutest place on earth? Tourists can walk with six breeds of foxes [truncated]

UK Daily Mail ^ | February 9, 2015 | John Hutchinson

[C19fan]

With their little faces looking up to the camera, six breeds of foxes stand patiently awaiting their lunch. This is Fox Village, in Japan’s Miyagi prefecture, where for less than £4 (700 Japanese Yen) visitors are allowed entry and can feed the animals. Foxes are heralded in Japan, with many believing they have mystical powers, as well as others who believe they bring good luck as they descend from Inari Okami, the Shinto deity of fertility, prosperity and rice.

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[left that other site]

Indeed. Smelly and fat.

That’s no way to go through life, Son.

[Psalm 73]

We are so old.....

[Sybeck1]

My nine year can tell you

[blam]

"The Japanese have these interesting sanctuaries including rabbit and islands. I read about the Soviets did some experiments on domesticating foxes. Were they successful or could not make it all the way like cats and dogs? "

Domesticated Silver Foxes

"The domesticated silver fox (marketed as the Siberian fox) is a domesticated form of the silver morph of the red fox. As a result of selective breeding, the new foxes became tamer and more dog-like."

"The result of over 50 years of experiments in the Soviet Union and Russia, the breeding project was set up in 1959[1] by Soviet scientist Dmitri Belyaev. It continues today at The Institute of Cytology and Genetics at Novosibirsk, under the supervision of Lyudmila Trut."

[Enterprise]

We HATES disgusting, sloppy, obese, huffing, horrible little twisted foxes my precioussssssssss. We HATES them!

[Lazamataz]

Gollum Versus PC

[Enterprise]

LOL!

[Hatteras]

+ =

[afraidfortherepublic]

I hate foxes. They attacked and ate my best peacock!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Toss a rabbit in there and stand back!

[TexasRepublic]

“Disgusting, sloppy, obese, huffing, horrible little twisted foxes who slobber on their next unneeded meal, as they diabetically and diabolically scheme to steal more food to feed their piglike, horrid little hideous faces.”

“I hate them”

Did they piss in your Wheaties?

[Revelation 911]

I’m unclear on your position ;)

[Lazamataz]

My position is usually doggie style.