A family in Peru buys a "puppy" as a pet and finds that it is not a dog

Original title: A family in Peru mistakenly raised foxes as dogs

A family in Lima, the capital of Peru, bought a "puppy" and kept it only to find that it was not a dog, but a fox.

According to Reuters reported on the 6th, Marywell Soltlow's family spent $13 years ago to buy the fox from a pet store and named it "Run". Soltrow said: "At the time we thought it was a purebred puppy. ”

As "Run" grew up, the Soltrows found out that something was wrong with it, because it liked to chase after the neighbors' chickens and ducks, sometimes biting or eating them, causing them to apologize to the neighbors and even lose money.

The Soltrows eventually discovered that "Run" was a mountain fox with thin legs, a pointed head, a fluffy tail, and conspicuous ears.

"Run" disappeared a few days ago. The owner and the staff of peru's National Forest and Wildlife Agency are looking for it, intending to send it to a zoo or a specialized animal protection agency.

Walter Silva, a veterinarian at Peru's National Forest and Wildlife Service, said the sotero family's plight may have been caused by wildlife trafficking by outlaws. Some outlaws catch small animals in the Amazon forest and sell them on the black market.

Peru's National Forest and Wildlife Service has cracked 128 cases of wildlife trafficking this year, Silva said. The persons involved face 3 to 5 years in prison. (Ou Sa)

Source: Xinhua News Agency