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Oct
31
2010
The ferret whisperer |
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Sunday, 31 October 2010 |
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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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Apr
20
2010
Feds Foil Ferret's Flight |
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010 |
------------- US News
------------- Written by: The Smoking Gun
Feds Foil Ferret's Flight |
The Smoking Gun
April 20,2010
Moving" Express Mail box contained groggy mammal in homemade cage
APRIL 20--Usually, when U.S. postal inspectors seek a search warrant to
open a suspicious package, they are expecting to find illegal narcotics
inside. But when agent J. David McKinney recently took possession of an
Express Mail box, he knew that the contraband inside was not likely of
the powdered variety. Because "the package was moving," according to a court
affidavit filed April 15 in U.S. District Court in Roanoke, Virginia.
After determining that the return address on the 10-pound, 13-ounce box
was phony, McKinney obtained permission from a federal magistrate to open
the parcel, which sat on his desk and "moved periodically." Inside, as
seen in the evidence photos on the following pages, McKinney discovered
a live ferret in a homemade wire cage. The box, destined for someone in
Puerto Rico, also contained ferret food, some "ferret dietary supplement," and
a box of Children's Bendaryl, with one tablet missing, according to an inventory
sheet. Presumably, the ferret--who appeared groggy when the package
was opened--was given the allergy medicine as a makeshift sedative by the
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Apr
15
2010
Back with her Buddy, Missing ferret reunited with owner in Portsmouth |
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Thursday, 15 April 2010 |
------------- US News
------------- Written by: Charles McMahon
Back with her 'Buddy': Missing (and misnamed) ferret reunited with owner
in Portsmouth |
Foster's Daily Democrat
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McMahon/Democrat photo
Portsmouth resident Whitney
Topliffe, 24, reacts after getting her pet ferret "Buddy" back
Wednesday afternoon after he somehow got out of her downtown apartment
and onto State Street. |
April 15, 2010
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PORTSMOUTH — "Buddy" the friendly and famous ferret found downtown
by police Monday night was reunited with his owner Wednesday afternoon.
After nearly two days of being away from his home on Chestnut Street, the furry
creature — originally thought to be a female and affectionately renamed "Buttercup" by
the police officer who found him — was reunited with a much-relieved Whitney
Topliffe at the police station Wednesday afternoon.
The 24-year old downtown resident said her pet is three years old and has a partner-in-crime
waiting at home for him named "Roscoe," another ferret. Topliffe said she bought "Buddy" at
a Petco when he was first born and characterized him as rambunctious and most
certainly the troublemaker of the two.
"Buddy is the mischievous one," she said.
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Mar
18
2010
Bayonet Point woman rescues a champion ferret |
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 |
------------- US News
------------- Written by: Bridget Hall Grumet
Bayonet Point woman rescues a champion ferret |
By Bridget
Hall Grumet
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[BRENDAN FITTERER | Times]
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gold plaque on Cindy’s three-level, 7-foot-tall cage attests
to her many accomplishments and championships, but she
got there the hard way. She was snatched from miserable conditions
by owner Gail Suzanne Burlaka, top, who guided Cindy to fame, if
not fortune. |
Times Staff Writer
St. Petersburg Times
In Print: Thursday, March 18, 2010
BAYONET POINT — The gold plaque on Cindy's three-level 7-foot-tall
cage is etched with her accomplishments: Gold Champion, Best in Show. Attached
to the wire wall is a pink photo frame that says "Diva."
Cindy is a beauty queen in the ferret world. Hundreds of breeders and
ferret enthusiasts bring their pampered pets to shows across the country
where they compete for ribbons and bragging rights (but no cash prizes).
Cindy is the color of champagne, and judges usually prefer darker critters
with more striking features. But she overcomes that with a lean physique
that is prized on the ferret showing circuit.
Gail Suzanne Burlaka got Cindy a year ago from a bad home. Cindy was
about 51/2, a year shy of the mandatory retirement age for show ferrets,
but Burlaka fixed her up and entered her in four shows near the end of
the season.
"We all knew she was a quality jill," the term for female ferrets, Burlaka
said.
Cindy — who competes under the show name Mischief Maker Ferret's
Siena of Shamalar — won enough accolades that she's in the running
for Ferret of the Year awards in two categories.
The awards will be announced Friday night at the American Ferret Association's
annual banquet in York, Pa. If Cindy's score tally doesn't impress the
judges, her Cinderella story might.
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When Cindy was 17 weeks old, she clinched her first Best of Show for
her first owner. Then she was given to a Michigan breeder who became so
overrun by the multiplication of accidental offspring that Cindy spent
nearly five years caged and neglected, Burlaka said.
Burlaka pleaded with the breeder for two years before finally getting
Cindy last April. The ferret had mites and infections in both ears. She
was developing a uterine infection. Her tail was missing patches of hair
and her coat was covered in grime.
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Mar
12
2010
Reward Offered in Ferret Abandonment Case |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
------------- US News
------------- Written by: Timothy Bolger
Reward Offered in Ferret Abandonment Case |
By Timothy Bolger
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Two ferrets, like this one, were abandoned in Suffolk |
Mar 12th, 2010
Long Island Press
Authorities are seeking the public’s help in finding the person
who abandoned two ferrets.
Suffolk County SPCA officials announced Thursday a $1,000 reward for
information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who
abandoned the ferrets at the Oakdale Animal Hospital on or about March
3.
“There are other issues, it’s not a case of just abandonment,” said
Roy Gross, Chief of the Suffolk SPCA. He also said that the ferrets
were about 7-8 years old that each had medical issues and had to be
euthanized.
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