{"id":1000716,"date":"2021-11-11T21:59:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T02:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1000716"},"modified":"2021-11-11T21:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T02:59:05","slug":"family-realizes-adopted-dog-is-actually-fox-after-it-attacked-neighbors-chickens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-realizes-adopted-dog-is-actually-fox-after-it-attacked-neighbors-chickens\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Realizes Adopted Dog Is Actually Fox After it Attacked Neighbors Chickens"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffamily-realizes-adopted-dog-is-actually-fox-after-it-attacked-neighbors-chickens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1000716&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1306510830-e1636669678422-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A Peruvian family adopted what it thought was a pet dog, but after it began attacking neighbors\u2019 chickens, the family learned it was a fox.<\/p>\n<p>Maribel Sotelo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/hen-house-peruvian-family-dog-turns-out-be-fox-2021-11-06\/\">says<\/a> her son purchased the pet named \u201cRun Run\u201d six months ago at a small shop in Lima for the equivalent of $13, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The vendor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/2021\/11\/10\/peru-fox-sold-to-family-as-dog-captured-after-escape\/8291636578988\/\">claimed<\/a> that the animal was a Siberian husky, according to UPI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had thought he was a purebred puppy,\u201d said Sotelo, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>At first, Run Run acted like an average dog.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cHe ate dog food, and when he was little he barked like a little dog,\u201d Sotelo said according to UPI, citing EFE.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Run Run began chasing neighborhood chickens and ducks in attempts to eat them, according to Reuters, which angered neighbors and led the family to believe he was a fox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lady told us that it had eaten three large guinea pigs,\u201d Sotelo said, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Run Run took off from home. A widespread search for the animal ensued, headed by ecological police and National Forest and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) officials, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n<p>SERFOR veterinarian Walter Silva informed Reuters that wild animals are often taken from parts of the Amazon to be sold in Lima.<\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cTrafficking in wildlife brings these consequences. Many specimens are captured from hatchlings. For this they kill the parents and these juveniles are illegally traded in informal markets,\u201d Silva told Reuters.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cIn this case a fox bought as a domestic dog,\u201d he added.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.9831932773109\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">[Lo \u00faltimo] <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SerforPeru?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SerforPeru<\/a> rescata a Run Run en las inmediaciones del AA.HH. Sol Naciente, Comas. El zorro andino est\u00e1 a buen recaudo y recibe la atenci\u00f3n de un equipo especializado. Agradecemos a las instituciones y vecinos que apoyaron en la recuperaci\u00f3n del zorro andino.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/runrun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#runrun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vfjYx0GaXZ\">pic.twitter.com\/vfjYx0GaXZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Serfor Per\u00fa (@SerforPeru) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SerforPeru\/status\/1457945796691775488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The fox was finally corralled on Monday night and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SerforPeru\/status\/1457945796691775488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1457945796691775488%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.upi.com%2FOdd_News%2F2021%2F11%2F10%2Fperu-fox-sold-to-family-as-dog-captured-after-escape%2F8291636578988%2F\">brough<\/a>t to the&nbsp;<\/span><span>Parque de las Leyendas Zoo by SERFOR officials, according to UPI.&nbsp;<\/span><span>Officials said Run Run will be looked after at a zoo until it is appropriate for him to be released into the wild.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Peruvian family adopted what it thought was a pet dog, but after it began attacking neighbors\u2019 chickens, the family learned it was a fox. 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