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Nov
16
2010
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Tuesday, 16 November 2010 |
------------- World News
------------- Written by: Shropshire Star
| Pet ferrets being used to solve Welshpool rabbit problem
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November 16th, 2010
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Pet ferrets are being used to kill hundreds of rabbits causing serious damage to sports pitches in a Mid Wales town. |
Shropshire Star
Welshpool Town Council has so far been unsuccessful in its attempts to address the “rabbit problem” which has been plaguing the town’s Maesydre playing fields with holes.
But now ferret owners appear to have taken the matter into their own hands and have started taking their pets down to the pitches in a bid to reduce the number of rabbits churning them up.
Now the town council is hoping other ferret owners will follow the example.
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Nov
02
2010
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Tuesday, 02 November 2010 |
------------- Legal News
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Birmingham ferret owner allowed his pet to die in pain
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November 2, 2010
Birmingham Mail
A BIRMINGHAM man who allowed his pet ferret to starve to death has avoided an immediate jail sentence.
Scott Sykes, 33, of Larkspur Croft, Bromford Bridge, had previously admitted seven charges of animal cruelty.
He was sentenced to 13 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, and ordered to pay £1,236 costs.
Sykes was also banned from keeping any animal, apart from the dog he owns, for ten years.
Gaynor Sutton, prosecuting, told Birmingham Magistrates’ Court that an RSPCA officer found two ferrets, one of which was already dead, in an enclosure in an outhouse at Sykes’s home in April.
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Nov
01
2010
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Monday, 01 November 2010 |
------------- World News
------------- Written by: Barry Jones
U-turn on plan to gas problem rabbits |
November 1, 2010
Barry Jones
County Times
GASSING as a final solution to deal with the plague of rabbits at Welshpool’s Maesydre Recreation Ground has been shelved by the Town Council after “uproar” from animal lovers in the town.
Instead open season could be declared with local ferret owners given the chance to see what they can do to cut down the bunny population explosion causing hazards for sports clubs.
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation will also be asked to visit and draw up a management plan; Powys County Council will be asked to deal with rabbits on land neighbouring Maesydre, and garlic flavoured pellets are be be laid to deter rabbits from the Waterloo Rovers pitch, in other moves.
Cllr Phil Pritchard said: “There are at least three families in Oldford who keep ferrets and go out ferreting every Saturday and Sunday but they don’t go down to our fields because they have been turned away in the past.
“The sheer volume of rabbits at Maesydre is the problem and I think we should welcome families in Welshpool with ferrets to come an have a go.”
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Oct
31
2010
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Sunday, 31 October 2010 |
------------- US News
------------- Written by: Katherine Keller
The ferret whisperer |
October 31,2010
Katherine Keller
Bay View Compass
On a freezing cold day in January 2010, Bay View resident Robin Barnes was walking his pet ferret on S. Howell Avenue past a stand of shrubs that borders the former Maritime Bank parking lot. When his ferret nudged a fuzzy object under the shrubs, Barnes told his little buddy to disregard what he thought was a nasty, dirty little discarded plush toy.
But then the object began to shudder.
Barnes took a closer look and discovered a baby female ferret, only four inches long. He scooped her up and rescued her. The vet who examined the tiny orphan said she was three or four months old.
Barnes named his foundling Zha Zha, and she recuperated under his care. She was in sublime health Oct. 22 when she was spotted crossing Howell Avenue at Lincoln—without a leash. She gamboled across the intersection, past Guanajuato and A.K. Food Mart, and stopped only a few moments to pose for her Compass portrait.
Neighbors beamed at Zha Zha and paused to let her pass. Strangers stopped with many questions. Barnes conversed with everyone who asked about her and encouraged tentative, curious children to stroke her.
As she continued to make her way home, Zha Zha stopped under a tree to snatch a seedpod before scrambling deftly up the steps of her apartment building where she nosed one of the big glass doors. She looked back at Barnes and seemed impatient to be let in. Barnes confirmed that she was eager to get through those doors since she knew there were treats waiting for her when she got home. Recommend this article... |
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Oct
05
2010
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Tuesday, 05 October 2010 |
------------- World News
------------- Written by: Jeremy Lee
The 2010 Ferret Cup |
October 5, 2010
ABC South West Victoria (Watch the video!)
by Jeremy Lee
The Ferret Cup is becoming something of an institution in Warrnambool with the event now in its fourth year as a part of the Celebrage festival for Victorian Seniors Week.
Once again Lake Pertobe was the setting for the race, but this year there was some new infrastructure in the form of some slightly larger PVC tubes and a special box which had been built on the end of the track.
The tubes had also been, er, 'seasoned' by having chicken carcasses dragged through them. Apparently.
Regular competitor Minnie Hogan was back with a box of ferrets which this year contained Elvys, Sisal, and last year's winner Girly. Recommend this article... |
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Sep
29
2010
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010 |
------------- Health News
------------- Written by: Darian Peters
Treatments for fur loss in ferrets |
September 29, 2010
Helium.com
by Darian Peters
Ferrets can experience fur loss for a number of reasons, with each one requiring a different form of treatment. In some cases it is because of the ferret being infested by a parasitic invader. In some cases it is down to adrenal disease. But it could also be due to an allergic reaction, a poor diet, an infection, or an immune system problem. The treatment that the ferret will need to put right its fur loss will depend on which of these underlying causes is present. In cases of adrenal disorder, these glands may need removal, for instance.
There are many different causes of hair loss, or alopecia, in ferrets. There could also be some sort of infestation present. This may be mites, fleas, or ticks, amongst other parasites. Another of the common ones is a problem with the adrenal glands. There could also be an infection with some form of microorganism, such as bacterial or viral infection. The diet of the animal may also be a factor, with a deficit in a substance such as fat or protein being the cause.
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