Arctic foxes- Vulpes lagopus

[Elina]

I am always being told by people that some people in the UK did keep Arctics and I wondered if they still do and if not where did they all go?

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Elina

[Marcia]

They are beautiful animals
I've read that people kept them as pets but i've also read that it's illegal to keep them as pets, so i don't know.

[tina b]

i used to keep artic foxes which i bought from a wildlife park in scotland sadly i no longer have them but they made great pets i had 3 ...basil benji and sheeba they all had their injections along with the dogs too

[Elina]

I am very interested in them as Corsacs together with the Arctic foxes occupies a niche that is between the true dogs (Canis) and the foxes (Vulpes).

I have my two Corsacs and I wanted to compare notes with annother keeper in the UK as all of my fox keeping friends are US/Prague or Germany based. The Arctic in behavior is so alike the Corsac, they are even close in size.

I was also informed that if I did want a second pair of foxes Arctics might be easier to come across then a second pair of Corsacs and wondered if that were the case?
Lastly I was wondering why so many people 'had' Arctics. (Had being the key word.)
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Elina

[jaykickboxer]

I've seen them for sale in the past so there must be sum here it's weirdceverything seems to disapper i used to always see marbled polecats for sale but they seem to have vanished too

[naja-naja]

a private wildlife park close to me has one, www.coolwoodwildlifepark.com
i'm in ireland, so dont know if that helps much.

[ForeverHams]

There were some Artic foxes advertised on a classifieds site a 18-24 months ago... believe they were in scotland.

as for marbled polecats i spoke to someone from Germany last week who has/had a male marbled polecat for sale.

[Moshpitviper]

There is an escaped one in Hertoford/Welwyn area. It's male. probably 3 years old now. How do i know this? i USED to knock about with the previous owner. And believe me it's not the only non native wandering around that area.

[stubeanz]

i no who you mean moshpitviper .... skunks come to mind also....

[Talk To The Animals]

I was just about to put the exact same post on Dave!! I know who you mean too!! We saw it just before Christmas, it crossed the road in front of us in Hertford, in the early hours.