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To: C19fan
"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."

25 posted on 02/09/2015 9:52:54 AM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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29 posted on 02/09/2015 11:25:00 AM PST by Hatteras
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