Can hyenas be domesticated?

Oh dear god in heaven, NO! Wild animals make poor pets, but hyenas make absolutely one of the worst pets in the world. Let's just start by saying that in most US states this would be wildly illegal. read more

Yes, but not any single animal of the current breed. Experiments have been done over generations that created domesticated foxes. I see no reason that such breeding could not also be done with hyenas. read more

You can to a certain degree, but is still a wild animal and it would be an exotic pet here. The Hyena is originally a wild animal the same as a coyote, it scavenges, but it also a killer if it can't find food and It can digest bones because of its powerful stomach grasses. read more

Theoretically, but it would probably take 60 to 100 years of intensive selective breeding, and a facility caring for many hundreds of hyenas to accomplish that. Now, if you actually meant to ask if they could be tamed, the answer is yes, but they’re still captive wildlife. read more

No. Wild animals cannot be domesticated, some of them can be tamed but hyenas can’t be tamed either. It is why they are not used in circus. A famous circus-runner in my country used to say that she tried to use hyenas in circus once but you cannot tamed her because she doesn’t understand. read more