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Jun 29 2009

Jean Caputo-Lee's ferret shelter in Parma never materialized

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Monday, 29 June 2009
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-------------  Written by: Kaye Spector

Jean Caputo-Lee's ferret shelter in Parma never materialized: Whatever happened to ... ?

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Jean Caputo-Lee cuddles with one of her ferrets in 2006.


June 29, 2009

Whatever happened to Jean Caputo-Lee's plans for Ohio's only ferret shelter in Parma?

They never happened.

Last year, Caputo-Lee, who operated Ferrets Unlimited, moved to Virginia and disbanded the nonprofit rescue organization, which she had run from her Cleveland home since 1992.

Armed with a substantial donation, Caputo had purchased a property in Parma in 2006 for what would have been Ohio's only ferret shelter. At the time, she was keeping the rescued ferrets -- which numbered more than 80 -- in cages in her Cleveland home.

After she decided to move to Virginia, Caputo asked other ferret rescue volunteers to carry out her vision for a shelter,

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Jun 22 2009

She ferrets out the animals that need her help

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Monday, 22 June 2009
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-------------  Written by: Erin Madden

She ferrets out the animals that need her help

Volunteer aids abused creatures

  
Winnipeg ferret rescuer Kelly Yager with Gizmo (left) and Max.
 

Winnipeg ferret rescuer Kelly Yager with Gizmo (left) and Max. (BORIS MINKEVICH)


By: Erin Madden / Volunteers
Winnipeg Free Press
June 22,2009

While cats and dogs rank among the most popular pets, ferrets are the top four-legged friends for Winnipegger Kelly Yager.

The owner of seven ferrets said she fell in love with the small critters in 2001 after spending an afternoon playing with them. Since that time, she's had 16 of them, each of them living an average five to eight years.

In addition to being a ferret owner for the past eight years, Yager has also shown her love for the species as a volunteer with the Manitoba Ferret Association (MFA). The organization runs a no-kill shelter, rescuing orphaned and neglected ferrets, and raises awareness about the animals.

"I've been called ferret-crazy but I don't care -- I like them," said Yager, laughing. "They're playful and very outgoing. They're a lot of fun."

She said it's hard to see ferrets that have been abused and

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Jun 07 2009

Paramedic surprised by ferret

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Sunday, 07 June 2009
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-------------  Written by: Tracey Tong

Paramedic surprised by ferret

Tracey Tong
Metro News - Ottawa
June 07, 2009

Ten years ago, MaryBeth Stanistreet knew very little, if anything, about ferrets.

But one night in 1999, the paramedic was surprised when a ferret ran out of a bush and sat on her foot.

"I took him home," she said. A week and a bit of research later, she had named him Chichi, was feeding him kibble, had gotten him up to date on his shots, had purchased a cage, toys and was walking him with the family dog.

Chichi had "won her family over," she said. As for Stanistreet, she was hooked.

Now the president of the Ferret Rescue Society of Ottawa and Area, Stanistreet fosters 30 ferrets in her country home.

There are a lot of misconceptions about ferrets, said Stanistreet.

"They are not wild animals," she said. "They've been domesticated for over 2,500 years. They're wonderful pets. Cats can be indifferent

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May 21 2009

Adopt one of these endearing pets at Ferretstock

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Thursday, 21 May 2009
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-------------  Written by: Pat van den Beemt

Adopt one of these 'endearing' pets at Ferretstock

 
  Barbara Clay holds adoptable ferrets from Rocky’s Ferret Rescue and Shelter that she runs at a former dairy farm in Parkton. Rocky’s is holding its annual fundraiser, Ferretstock, May 30 at the Parkton American Legion on York Road. (Submitted photo)


By Pat van den Beemt
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5/21/09

In 1994, Barbara Clay's pet ferret, "Rocky," climbed out a window in her home and was never found. A year later, she visited a ferret breeder to buy another.

But she found horrible conditions and a breeder overwhelmed with 230 ferrets. She offered to help find homes for them and ended up creating Rocky's Ferret Rescue and Shelter. She set up cages in an old milking parlor on the former dairy farm she rents in Parkton and moved the ferrets in.

Clay has since arranged adoptions for 3,000 ferrets of all sizes, ages and colors. Today, she has 30 ferrets available for adoption, and generally keeps no more than 40 at her shelter.

Rocky's is hosting its annual fundraiser, Ferretstock on May 30 from 2 p.m. to midnight at the pavilion and picnic area at the Parkton American

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May 14 2009

Vicious and scary or just cute and cuddly ferrets?

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Thursday, 14 May 2009
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-------------  Written by: Nick Ward

Vicious and scary or just cute and cuddly ferrets?

14 May 2009
By Nick Ward
Sheffield Telegraph

THEY may look vicious and a bit scary - but ferrets are really cuddly.
At least that's what Sheffield couple Dean and Debbie Wain say - and they should know.

The Wains, from Popple Street, Grimesthorpe, are the man and wife team behind Ferret Hutch Rescue - an organisation which cares for ill and abandoned ferrets.

At the moment they have 34 of the hairy beasts - 15 of their own and nine which they are looking to rehome.

Dean, aged 32, who works as a security guard at the Northern General Hospital, has been caring for ferrets for years.

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