Fox being kept as pet removed from north Omaha home

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An Arctic fox named Jax has been taken from north Omaha home by animal control officials.

The Omaha World-Herald reports (https://bit.ly/2epzznD ) that a 24-year-old woman had been keeping the fox as a pet. A city ordinance forbids possessing non-domestic animals within city limits. A fox is classified as a wild animal.

The newspaper says the woman bought the fox in June for $650 from a seller in Indiana. Mark Langan with the Nebraska Human Society says the woman was not cited because she was cooperative and “didn’t realize that she wasn’t allowed to have a fox.”

The humane society is working to place the fox in an out-of-state sanctuary.

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Information from: Omaha World-Herald, https://www.omaha.com