[xoxox]

not the prettiest thing. neither is that cat.

[nwrep]

Wow, look at that fur!

[Ezekiel]

Matthew 8

19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Not in Portland, anyway.

[sasquatch]

Driven south by lack od habitat.

[SaveFerris]

(Wandering Arctic fox captured in Oregon, origins unclear)

Possibly the Arctic 🥶🥶🥶?

😝

[Zhang Fei]

Beautiful specimen. Likely domesticated at great expense courtesy of the Russian government.

Many exotic pet owners don’t realize that domestic pets are different from wild animals in that the former went through many generations of selection. Some were bred and aggressive animals culled. Others persisted in human company because the ones who did not attack humans were fed, while the aggressive ones were either cast out or killed. Either way, this took generations. The century-long effort to domesticate the silver fox is a case in point.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_silver_fox
[After over 40 generations of breeding, in short, Belyayev produced “a group of friendly, domesticated foxes who ‘displayed behavioral, physiological, and anatomical characteristics that were not found in the wild population, or were found in wild foxes but with much lower frequency….Many of the domesticated foxes had floppy ears, short or curly tails, extended reproductive seasons, changes in fur coloration, and changes in the shape of their skulls, jaws, and teeth. They also lost their ‘musky fox smell’.”[6] It was Belyayev’s view that these new attributes, which were extremely similar to the attributes of other domesticated animals, “was the result of selection for amenability to domestication.” His reasoning was that behavior is “regulated by a fine balance between neurotransmitters and hormones at the level of the whole organism ... . Because mammals from widely different taxonomic groups share similar regulatory mechanisms for hormones and neurochemistry, it is reasonable to believe that selecting them for similar behavior – tameness – should alter those mechanisms, and the developmental pathways they govern, in similar ways.”[2]]

[TalBlack]

I saw a very healthy looking red Fox in Flushing Cemetery a few weeks ago. Flushing is in Queens NYC. As it passed fairly close to me it didn’t look warily at me and go wide, rather, it glanced at me and then paid no further attention. Feral animals are usually more cautious than that.

[Organic Panic]

Foxes are status pets for Ukrainian and Russian thugs. But being Portland. Who knows where this poor thing came from.

[GreenLanternCorps]

[Wuli]

Some people are really stupid when it comes to wild animals, making things more difficult for such animals than they need to be and imposing risks and consequences on their fellow humans as well. The humans who brought the little Fox south into Oregon ought to be legally banned to live anywhere execept the artic circle.

[cherry]

Sad...same crud that try to pet bison in Yellowstone did this.

[DAC21]

“We’re keeping her fed, hydrated, and providing enrichment while the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife determines next steps,” officials wrote”

Don’t underestimate the Feds willingness to putting it down.

[blueplum]

separate article showing the fox on a leash being walked on a beach likely by the foxnappers. It makes me angry that this little fox could be running around Alaska living the life of a fox and raising a family and now, destined for a cramped zoo, will never be able to do that. People need to leave wildlife wild.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mystery-over-arctic-fox-found-in-oregon-starts-to-unfold/ar-AA1srOfz?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ACTS&cvid=0d9988711f6b422ab211fd4471ac7448&ei=121

[Twotone]

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[Rio]

It’s climate change, of course. Soon we’ll have arctic foxes and caribou everywhere.