Woman Who Bought $190 ‘Puppy’ Discovers It’s Actually a Fox
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By Carl Samson
A Chinese woman was shocked on the day she found out that the “puppy” she bought for $190 turned out to be a fox.
The woman surnamed Wang purchased what she thought was a Japanese Spitz from a pet shop in Jinzhong, Shanxi province, a few months ago.
But to her surprise, the “puppy” stopped eating dog food three months under her care and grew a longer and fluffier tail than expected, Shanxi News reported.
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Wang, who started worrying at this point, also realized that her pet did not bark.
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That led her to decide to bring the canine to the nearby Taiyuan zoo, which confirmed that it was not a Japanese Spitz but a fox.
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“Based on the size, it is a domesticated fox. It carries a smell in their body and the smell can get stronger as it grows older,” the Daily Mail quoted Sun Letian, the zoo’s animal epidemic prevention expert, as explaining.
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Wang decided to leave the fox to the zoo so that it can receive better nutrition and be attended to properly.
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“If you miss it, come by and have a visit,” Sun told Wang.
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The fox is scheduled to undergo health check-ups before it is transferred to an enclosure. It is not known whether the woman tried to get a refund after.
Images via Shanxi Television Network
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