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Finland is among the most-stringent protectors of animal welfare, so it's disturbing to see that fox-farms there are producing "loose skinned" blue & silver phase Arctic foxes to maximize the size of their pelts. 
Just like any domestic dog breed with loose skin & lots of wrinkles, these foxes have dropped haws, eye issues, can have wrinkle dermatitis, etc.
https://retrieverman.net/2017/08/25/loose-skinned-arctic-foxes-being-bred-in-finland/
I personally prefer the old-fashioned BONE MOUTH type of Shar-Pei to the modern version, the so-called MEAT MOUTH -- with massively inflated muzzles, eyes buried in folds of flesh, stenotic nares & stenotic ear-canals, skin / wrinkle infections, skin allergies, prone to ear infections, sinus infections, airway issues / overheating, etc, etc.
Neos, Engl Bulldogs, Engl Mastiffs, Bloodhounds, & many other wrinkley breeds have serious health issues due to their increasing exaggeration - look at photos from a century ago, & U see much cleaner shapes, moderate heads, athletic bodies, open airways...
It's a sin to see their [IMO] deterioration.
// The exaggeration of fur-foxes is just another instance of profit in preference to ethics.
- terry
Just like any domestic dog breed with loose skin & lots of wrinkles, these foxes have dropped haws, eye issues, can have wrinkle dermatitis, etc.
https://retrieverman.net/2017/08/25/loose-skinned-arctic-foxes-being-bred-in-finland/
I personally prefer the old-fashioned BONE MOUTH type of Shar-Pei to the modern version, the so-called MEAT MOUTH -- with massively inflated muzzles, eyes buried in folds of flesh, stenotic nares & stenotic ear-canals, skin / wrinkle infections, skin allergies, prone to ear infections, sinus infections, airway issues / overheating, etc, etc.
Neos, Engl Bulldogs, Engl Mastiffs, Bloodhounds, & many other wrinkley breeds have serious health issues due to their increasing exaggeration - look at photos from a century ago, & U see much cleaner shapes, moderate heads, athletic bodies, open airways...
It's a sin to see their [IMO] deterioration.
- terry