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In fox: The red fox. …foxes, are commonly produced on fox farms, where the animals are raised until they are fully grown at approximately 10 months of age. In much of their range, red foxes are the primary carrier of rabies.
The two main fur bearing animal species currently raised on farms are the mink (Neovison vison, also known as Mustela vison) and the silver fox (Vulpes vulpes). A limited amount of chinchilla ( Chinchilla laniger ) is also produced.
Foxes were first raised on farms for fur in Prince Edward Island in Canada in 1895. [2] Historically, the fur trade played an important economic role in the United States. Fur trappers explored and opened up large parts of North America, and the fashion for beaver hats led to intense competition for the raw materials.
Foxes on fur farms suffer from impaired biological functions and negative emotional states. The foxes on fur farms exhibit behaviors such as fur-chewing, tail-biting, and avoidance and aggression towards humans.
Through countless generations of selective breeding for colour, size, fur quality, fecundity, docility, mothering ability, growth rate, and litter survival, farmed fox have evolved to be different from their wild cousins.
Fur farming is virtually a worldwide phenomenon. Around 50 million mink and 7 million foxes are bred and killed each year. An increasing number of European countries are legislating against fur farming. These legislative changes have a strong ethical basis.
Through countless generations of selective breeding for color, size, quality of fur, fecundity, docility, mothering ability, growth rate, and litter survival, the farm-raised fox has evolved to be very different from its wild counterpart.
