Once there were wolves. Then the wolves became dogs. The transformation unfolded so gradually, perhaps over tens of thousands of years, that any individual human living alongside those animals ...

Only 12 of these species are “considered to be true foxes,” though. With their rarity comes a lack of understanding of their behaviors and potential aggression in neighborhoods and the wild.

Wildlife officials are asking for the public's help to identify two suspects caught torturing an innocent fox in the snow this week.