tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post2567706912303284191..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: A Few LinksSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-49599679238944481202011-04-03T16:34:55.816-07:002011-04-03T16:34:55.816-07:00Thank you for the link on the Belyaev foxes. I hav...Thank you for the link on the Belyaev foxes. I have been following the study for a long time and always believed that sooner or later they would enter the pet trade. It is at least a much better fate for those animals than the fate of most laboratory animals. It is also interesting to note that only the tame foxes will be getting a "second chance" and their relatives in a parallel study being bred for aggression will most likely be euthanized when no longer needed.Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15738858852757852859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-2897585188657272742011-04-02T09:23:39.599-07:002011-04-02T09:23:39.599-07:00Lane-- in a word: yes.
Also, people in the forme...Lane-- in a word: yes. <br /><br />Also, people in the former Soviet Union often have unrealistic expectations about how much the average westerner can pay.Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-47604262471062894902011-04-02T09:02:03.499-07:002011-04-02T09:02:03.499-07:00Yeah, I would LOVE a coupla these foxes, too, but ...Yeah, I would LOVE a coupla these foxes, too, but at $6000.00-plus per critter, peasants such as myself can just forget it! Or wait. EVENTUALLY they WILL make their way to the U. S.of A., and be a big fad pet for awhile--everybody will try to make lots of money and go bust on them, scads will end up in rescue(or just released), and, if I am still alive, I can get one for free! Just like the Pot-Belly Pigs, Emu/Ostriches, Leopard Cat hybrids, Savannah Cats, Miniature Horse, Pygmy Goats, and on and on--all of which were exorbitantly expensive when they first appeared in the pet trade, but now can be had for next-to-nothing or free. All of my wolf-hybrids came from their fad phase of the late 70's early 80's, alas.(Although I personally benefited from rescuing 5 of the animals over those years, as did those individual wolf dogs....). So on the foxes-- I'll just wait.Somebody someday will be BEGGING me to take their foxes for free--I might get some free cages and other accoutrements in the deal, as well, as I always seem to with my rescued ferrets over the years.....L.B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com