| Fox Pen Permit Information
A no-cost, fox pen permit is required to operate a private fox pen area in the state of Florida. This pen is granted by FWC following an on-site inspection. Periodic inspections are conducted to insure compliance with the permit. However, these inspections
are few and far between.
Other issues with the permit are as follows:
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Regulations governing fox pens are not in a rule and difficult to manage and enforce
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Many loopholes exist to allow non-permitted pens to remain in operation with no oversight
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Coyote populations may increase due to lack of a spay / neuter requirement for animals placed in a pen
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Class II Permit rules outline more stringent guidelines, but are not required for private fox pens
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Requirements are outlined on how to keep wildlife IN the pen, but requirements to keep wildlife OUT are not required
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Pen permits are inconsistent depending on which pen is being permitted. Different pens have different permits
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Required quarterly reports are not being received by FWC and are not being enforced
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For a copy of the FWC pen permit, click on the permit image or click here
The following six pens are the only permitted fox pen areas in Florida (as provided by a public records request to FWC). Click on the "Public Records" links to read more
about each pen. In addition, you can view a summary of the pens on the Fox Pen Permit Statistics page.
Bryant Fox Pen
Brittany Hart
PO Box 904 - MAP
Altoona, FL 32702
352.669.2022
Public Records (PDF 221KB - 15 Pages) |
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Lake Alice Fox Pen
Alfred Guess
247 Cone Road
Ormond Beach, FL 32174
386.676.0046
Public Records (PDF 3MB - 37 Pages) |
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Big Bend Fox Pen
W.L. Levingston, Jr.
6015 Woods Creek Road - MAP
Perry, FL 32347
850.584.2245
Public Records (PDF 2.8MB - 102 Pages) |
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Fox Hollow Pen
William F. Puckett
PO Box 298 - MAP
Barberville, FL 32105
386.749.4035
Public Records (PDF 2MB - 83 Pages) |
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Sandsifters Fox Pen
Wyatt O'Steen
20827 NW Whitewater Grade Rd - MAP
Altha, FL 32421
850.674.9922
Public Records (PDF 5.5MB - 89 Pages) |
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Shady Oaks Fox Pen
Dewey Stuckey
4000 South Highway 99 - MAP
Walnut Hill, FL 32568
Public Records (PDF 1.5MB - 111 Pages) |
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Florida Pen Statistics
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Six (6) permitted pens in Florida |
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Average rate of pen inspection is once every 3.9 years |
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Shady Oaks pen has a rate of inspection of once every 9.4 years |
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Permits typically renewed via fax with no inspection conducted |
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Only three (3) pens provided quarterly reports |
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Sandsifters pen reported ten (10) coyotes were killed during a single, weekend trial |
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Sandsifters pen had escape areas blocked by concrete, but no action was taken by FWC |
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Byant Fox pen had a bear inside the pen |
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Non-permitted pens, such as Holt Fox Pen, continue to advertise events |
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No follow-up provided for multiple 30-day notices / warnings given to fox pens |
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