Volunteer Joanne Mohr, of Chicago, left, hands off a pair of ferrets
to Alison Liska, of Berwyn, right, and the hands of Melissa Dagley,
of Chicago, who will bathe them before the move to a new facility.
89 animals were settled into new homes Sunday by 35 volunteers with
the Greater Chicago Ferret Association, carefully moving them from
a cramped 670-square-foot shelter in west suburban Lyons to larger
quarters three doors east. (Tribune
photo by Chuck Berman / January 29,
2010)
By, Jack Mccarthy
February 1, 2010
Ninna and Luchis peeked briefly at passers-by Sunday, sniffed at the
flurry of activity around them and quickly decided that burrowing into
soft fabric in their spacious cage was far more satisfying.
A pair of female ferrets, Ninna and Luchis were among 89 animals who settled
into new homes Sunday as 35 volunteers with the Greater Chicago Ferret Association
carefully moved them from a cramped 670-square-foot shelter in west suburban
Lyons to larger quarters three doors east.
"The move itself has been over a year in planning," shelter director Steve Malec
said. "For the association, it's a move to expand and get bigger. From the shelter
perspective, we did this move to ensure better quality of animal care. It gives
us more space for volunteers to work, and it's a more healthy environment for
the animals."
MEXICO CITY -- Police in Mexico City have rescued 150 ferrets from
armed robbers after a high speed chase.
Police say they found the furry contraband after the suspects crashed
their car into a tree and then fled on foot.
Fourteen boxes of ferrets imported from the U.S. were taken by force
by three robbers from a truck after it left the Mexico City airport.
Two suspects are under arrest and another escaped.
Police said Friday that a veterinarian who purchased the ferrets reclaimed
them.
ATLANTIC CITY - Some of the most popular inhabitants of the Atlantic City
Aquarium have neither fins, scales nor gills.
What they do have is energy, and a serious case of the cutes.
"Everybody loves them. They are hysterical to watch," Jack Keith, executive
director of the Atlantic City Historical Waterfront Foundation, said of
Fabio and Farrah, two 4-month old ferrets who have been entertaining fans
at the aquarium for the past two months.
The pair aren't the first ferrets to call the aquarium home. The facility's
previous ferret died in the spring.
The aquarium waited to see if someone would donate a ferret, but it didn't
happen.
So, officials purchased two ferrets - the darker and larger Fabio and
the lighter-colored and smaller Farrah.
It is possible to visit the aquarium and not see the ferrets at all. They
spend most of the day sleeping, unseen, in a cage in a husbandry section
of the aquarium, but come out for a 1 p.m. show. They also are brought
out for special events, either in a circular playpen or on leashes, according
to Christopher FitzSimmons, the aquarium's education assistant.
"It's always a good reaction. Kids love cute and furry things. Adults
ask questions such as, 'Why is a ferret in an aquarium?' We refer them
to the kids," said FitzSimmons, who looks after them. "I did miss having
the ferrets around."
The thought of owning a ferret never appealed to me.
These varmints -- so quick, slinky and well ... ferrety -- strike
me as a cross between a weasel, a rat and a snake. And aren't their
owners usually street kids or bikers?
Sooke writer/artist Kate Woods is on a different page. She's a diehard
ferret lover who has owned nine in her lifetime. Now, North Saanich's
Hedgerow Press has published her Ferrets Underfoot. The 206-page non-fiction
book chronicles Woods' often amusing (and occasionally revolting) ferret
adventures.
ELKHART, IN--Each day at five, staff members of the Humane Society
of Elkhart County close the animal shelter and hold a meeting. And each
day, like clockwork, they begin hearing a “thump, thump, thump” from
outside.
That is the sound of pets being abandoned by owners who either do not want them
or cannot care for them anymore.
Among the recent arrivals left in “drop boxes”, kennels that are
accessible through doors on the outside of the facility, are Sweet Pea, a Chihuahua
being nursed back to health from near starvation, a cocker spaniel named Cookie
and a “family” of three pets left together, a dog, a cat and rat.
------------- Shelter News ------------- Written by: ALEXANDRA DAVIS
Ferret fundraising fete held
December 7th, 2009
THE DAILY GLEANER/ALEXANDRA DAVIS PHOTO
A merry ferret Christmas: Ferret owners Aletha
Dobie, left, and Ashley Galantai, right, brought their ferrets
Diego, Chewy, Fred and Farley to the ferret Christmas frolic for
a visit with Santa Claus, played by Allister Graham.
It was a ferret free-for-all at Fredericton's first Christmas ferret frolic.
The event was organized by the Ferret Lovers Society of Atlantic Canada,
a group of ferret enthusiasts who perform ferret rescues, set up ferret
adoptions and offer advice and education about the pets they love.
The frolic took place at The Barking Lot, a specialty pet food store on
Hanwell Road, on Sunday afternoon.
Aletha Dobie, a Ferret Lovers Society board member, said the event was
the second fundraiser the group has organized, which also held a ferret
picnic during the summer.
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