Plan to import Silver Foxes as pets

[John Leonard <>]

Not as stupid a plan as importing Savanna Cats, which could outcompete
the feral cats already here and kill wildlife even more efficiently,.
Silver Foxes are just a colour-phase of the Red Fox and if they
escaped would just merge into the gene-pool. Australia is already
fully-stocked with feral foxes.

John Leonard

On 6 September 2011 13:52, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> Greg,
>
> They will make interesting looking hybrids with the Red Fox; see
> http://retrieverman.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/arctic-foxred-fox-hybrids/
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
> On 06/09/2011, at 12:24 PM, Greg Little wrote:
>
> Carl
>
> Fully agree mate, there are enough exotic pests in the country without
> introducing more.
>
> Greg Little
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
>  On Behalf Of Carl Clifford
> Sent: Tuesday, 6 September 2011 11:31 AM
> To: Birding-Aus Aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Plan to import Silver Foxes as pets
>
> Dear All,
>
> Yet another bit of lunacy by the pet industry. An application to
> import Silver Foxes (not the type that hang out in upmarket bars) as
> pets, has been lodged by someone in NSW. Fortunately most of our
> steamed leaders have not been terribly enthusiastic. Tony Burke, the
> Fed Environment leader has said "at first glance it seems insane".
> Personally, I think the idea is insane no matter how many glances, or
> even a long, hard stare are given to this idea. It is about as
> intelligent idea as the attempt to import Savannah Cats.
>
> Details can be found at
> http://m.smh.com.au/environment/animals/silver-fox-import-plan-condemned-201
> 10905-1jubj.html
>
> Carl Clifford
>
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