A Fennec fox was voluntarily surrendered to Oakland Zoo, which will care for her until finding her a suitable home. Raising wild animals as pets is not a good idea, zoo officials say.

Discover a world beyond cats and dogs with exotic pets like fennec foxes, axolotls, and capybaras, each demanding specific ...

Fennec foxes mark their territory and, as the habitat is a desert, they need a lot of it to find sufficient food. As they are omnivores, they are able to find enough food to sustain them.

Three of Niabi's Fennec fox pairs have reared 19 kits over the last few years. According to keepers, it is one of the most successful Fennec programs in the country.

Fennec foxes also require huge amounts of enrichment and social engagement. In the wild, they live in groups of up to 10 individuals, but are often sold individually by the pet trade.

An adult fennec fox peeks from behind a sand dune in the Tunisian Sahara desert. Fennecs have both the smallest size and the largest ears among the world’s canids. Grand Erg Oriental, Tunisia ...

A seven-week old fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) at the Ramat Gan Safari zoo, November 6, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ) In captivity fennecs can live up to 14 years.

Fennec foxes, which are found in Sudan and other parts of northern Africa, are listed in Appendix 2 of the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or ...

COURTESY PHOTO Pictured is one of two fennec foxes that have joined Honolulu Zoo’s African savanna exhibit. The pair arrived April 22 after being rescued from an Oklahoma farm.

Fennec foxes have a high mortality rate and the triplets, born to parents, Mali and Tabari, are the only surviving cubs in the UK since 2008.