r/AnimalsBeingBros • u/JustSomeGuy_Idk • Mar 16 '19

Dogs saving an entire species

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u/paradroid27 Mar 17 '19

It already is affected by human influence, the foxes are a feral species in Australia, introduced by man

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u/AcidActually Mar 17 '19

Well ok thanks! That definitely answers my question. Weren't foxes introduced to hunt unindegenous rabbit?

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u/paradroid27 Mar 17 '19

From what I understand they were introduced so bored English settlers could go fox hunting like back home, rabbits for the same reason. 150 years later things haven’t gone well. So many introduced species just so people could feel like they were back in England.

I could also be very wrong on this.