Experts say this thing is not wild, but raised in captivity.

The white fox came to a citizen's house in Xinjin twice, and the sound was like a duck's tail like a fox-Tianfu Morning Post reporter Zhao Yuxin

white fur, pointed mouth, big tail, leisurely in Walking in the yard, tilting his head to look at citizens' homes from time to time... Yesterday, a small white animal ran into a citizen's home in Xinjin County. Because he didn't know it and was worried about its aggressiveness, the citizen called the Tianfu Morning Post hotline for help. Some experts said that this species is a white fox, but it is not a wild species, but artificially farmed. So the question is, what is the use of breeding white foxes? Is it sold as a pet?

I am surrounded by iron wires, and I have visited twice by accident. , surrounded by a lot of people watching the lively people. Is it a big white wolf, with a bared grin! It croaks like a duck, and its tail is like a fox. Can't it bite? The villagers were discussing this strange visitor in Li Jia's house.

It came here once on Sunday (18th) night. At that time, I thought it was a big white dog, but it didn't look like a dog. The barking sounded like a duck. Li Jia said, Seeing that the little white guy was not injured, his father chased it away with a stick. It came again this afternoon (19th) and went around the courtyard several times, as if looking for food.

Li Jia's family watched the white guy for a long time, It's very cute and beautiful, and its eyes are a little innocent, like pleading for something. Li Jia said that after careful observation, they found that its waist Near the position of the hind legs, he was wrapped around the wire. Someone must want to grab it. The wire is rusted. It is estimated that it broke free and escaped.

Within 1 minute, eat A pot of chicken liver bibimbap

Because he was worried that the little guy would be caught and eaten, Li Jia's father used a wooden stick and tied a cloth strip on it to make a homemade hunting. Trap, at first my father blocked it with a wooden stick, it started to fight back, maybe afraid that we would hurt it, it also showed a warning signal with its teeth. Li Jia said that after several rounds of attempts, finally my father used a homemade Hunting traps to trap it.

Maybe it's a fox! Li Jia guessed that the little guy had appeared outside the house twice, perhaps looking for food. After catching the little guy, Li Jia's father also prepared some duck and chicken livers for him, and fed him with rice, In less than a minute, he licked a pot of rice, and the amount of food was a bit surprising. It is estimated that I'm starving.

The little guy after eating seemed more energetic, Li Jia said, when he was close to the little guy, if he didn't take anything in his hand, it would look very docile and feel Willing to let you come near. But with a stick in hand, it's alert, not shouting, but a low warning growl in its throat.

- Breeding The fur of the white fox is worth 3,000, and the meat is provided for the banquet

The reporter found that there are pet white foxes for sale, ranging from 1,500 yuan to 3,000 yuan. However, the breeding of foxes is not similar to that of cats and dogs. Because of the short domestication time and the very pungent body odor, many people have difficulty in keeping them after buying white foxes.

A self-proclaimed breeder of white foxes, Mr. Song, said that white foxes have high economic value. The skins of white foxes can be exported for about 900 yuan. If they are processed well, they can be sold for 3,000 yuan. Its meat is very fresh and tender, and it is a high-end wild tonic for banquets. Manager Song added that the breeding of white foxes requires certain venues and technical conditions, and a domestication license from the relevant department. The white fox is ferocious and has a strong fecal odor, so it is not suitable for general households to keep as pets.

-Experts explain that it is an artificially bred white fox?

Subsequently, the reporter contacted Zhao Li, curator of Chengdu Huaxi Insect Museum, and he judged from the photos that this species has a slender body, long and thick hair, a fluffy tail, and large, erect, triangular ears. , It is an artificially farmed white fox, because there is no wild one in Chengdu, it is mostly sneaked away from a nearby farm or during transportation.

Next, Zhao Li explained that the wild ones in China are mainly red Fox, distributed in most parts of the country. Sand foxes are distributed in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu, Tibet and other places. I judge that the species is called the white fox, a genetic mutation of the red fox, belonging to the carnivorous order Canidae, which originated in Alaska and eastern Siberia in North America, and has been artificially raised for more than 100 years. It has become the main species for people to breed precious fur animals.”

The reporter learned that there are no wild foxes in Chengdu, and most of them are artificially raised. I bought it as a pet, but I couldn't keep it up, so I released it into the wild. A person in the pet industry told reporters that the white fox in the homes of Xinjin citizens should have been abandoned after being raised in captivity. The white fox is native to the Arctic, also known as Arctic fox. There are no wild ones in China. Although it is a protected animal in the country of origin, in recent years, many people have introduced it from abroad to raise it and sell it as a pet.