This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition Enact a law that requires that foxes should be called doxes
The name fox is not suitable for that animal as it doesn’t properly reflect the fact that a fox has a genetic relationship with a dog. This, amongst other things, could bring an end to the fox hunting debate, because dogs wouldn’t chase foxes if they knew that they had dog ancestory.
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All the science to support this petition can be found here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox?wprov=sfti1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog?wprov=sfti1
This is an example of how dogs and foxes (soon to be called doxes) can live in harmony:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fox_and_the_Hound?wprov=sfti1
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