A Red Fox of a different colour

Posted on 03. Dec, 2008 by Paul Burwell in Everything, Instructional, Wildlife

Do some research on the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) and you’ll quickly discover that this relatively common canine comes in an amazing number of colour varieties. And this past US Thanksgiving weekend, I got to photograph a silver coloured red fox at the Triple “D” Game Farm. Amazingly, at least to me, this strikingly beautiful fox is the offspring of two, very red coloured Red Foxes. From what I’ve read, only about 5% of Red Foxes have the silver colouration.

I first saw this fox during my fall workshop and was immediately smitten. Don’t get me wrong, I am very enamoured with the red version of these foxes as well. Maybe it is the uniqueness, but I was immediately drawn to the beauty of this animal. I can understand why they’ve been considered extremely valuable for their pelts.

In the 1920’s, when fur was very fashionable, the pelt from a Silver Fox could fetch $500. That’s almost half of the average yearly income at the time.

Here’s one of the images that I made of this beautiful Silver Fox.