Is It Legal To Own A Fox?

Is It Legal To Own A Fox?

Oddly enough, I came across this one quite by accident.  I wasn't even looking for a good auto complete.  What I wanted to know was:  Is it legal to buy a still?  I was thinking about making my own whiskey. Turns out it IS legal in case you were wondering.  However, before I got the whole question out, Google unfailingly suggested something weird and unexpected and awesome!  Is it legal to own a fox?
Now this might not sound terribly off the wall until you consider how Google's auto complete works.  What it does is complete a partial group of words with the most commonly searched terms that start with the search string you've already typed in.  For example:  I typed "is it legal" and Google suggested the complete phrase "is it legal to own a fox".
I know people are weird, I get that.  Believe me, I leave most people in the dust in the weird department.  When I put in "is it legal" I half expected something crazy like "is it legal to marry your cousin in deliverance".  Probably so.  Or "is it legal to eat meat in california"  I doubt it.  But it blows my mind that so many people want to own a fox that it's the top question of legality in the United States.  Whatever happened to questions like "is it legal to kill an intruder inside your home"?  (In Louisiana, it is legal if you can articulate that you were in fear for your life.  In California, it's only legal to pee on yourself, and then only if you've had less than two glasses of water.)
So that leads us to ask:  Who are these people who want to own foxes so badly?  Attention hounds, that's who!  People who want to say, "Look at me!  I've got a fox!  What have you got?  A dog?  Please!"  Well, yes, I do have a dog!  A black lab named Ebony.  She is a pack animal who sees me as her alpha and lives to please me.  She is my ever-faithful companion who would lay down her life to protect me.  All she asks for in return is food and to spend time in my presence.  Try getting that level of dedication from your fox!
But I'm not here to tell you how to live your life.  I'm here to tell you whether or not it is legal to own one.  The answer is, by and large, yes.  The rules for ownership will vary from state to state and from city to city so be sure you get in touch with the proper authorities before you get online and order one.  Here in Louisiana, you may not own bear, coyotes, or non-human primates.  It says nothing about foxes.  Or human primates.  So apparently foxes and humans are okay to own here.  Hmm.  Could've sworn there was an Amendment about that.  The humans, I mean.  Not the foxes.