The "silver" fox, also marketed as a Siberian fox, is a color
phase (or specially produced mutation) of the red fox that,
after 50 years of experiments in the Soviet Union and Russia, is
widely available via the exotic pet trade. Naturally occurring
silver foxes are somewhat rare, comprising only 8% of Canada's
wild red fox population. Those seen in captivity, like this male
given refuge at Black Pine, are typically outcasts of the pet
trade. Since arriving in September 2012, this male is as yet
unnamed and his age is unknown. He was brought to Black Pine by
a conservation officer with the Indiana Department of Natural
Resources, safely captured while wandering around a residential
neighborhood at a northeast Indiana lake. After consulting with
the state licensing agent Black Pine determined if the fox was
kept as a "pet", which is likely given the animal's lack of fear
of humans, he was apparently not owned legally. With no other
apparent options, Black Pine is happy to be able to provide the
animal a new fo