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Oct
22
2009
Lancing girl wins for ferret-handling skills |
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 |
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Lancing girl wins for ferret-handling skills |
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A 10-year-old Lancing girl
has won awards for her ferret-handling skills at two national shows,
only months after starting to take part in competitions.
Keeley Nagle, a pupil at Seaside
Primary School, won in the disabled category with her pet, Rocket Dog,
during her second competition.
She was then crowned best child handler at her third.
"She absolutely loves her ferrets," said Keeley's mum, Trisha Byford.
"She shares the looking-after of them with me, so she knows as much as I do about
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Aug
04
2009
Parenting: the Idle Parent on keeping ferrets |
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Tuesday, 04 August 2009 |
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Parenting: the Idle Parent on keeping ferrets |
Bunnies beware: Twister and Whisper are no dummies when it comes
to burrows.
By Tom Hodgkinson
Published: 04 Aug 2009
Telegraph.co.uk
Could I recommend ferrets? The parent who aspires to idleness will
often make the basic error of thinking that more animals in the house
means more work. This might be true for the first week or two following
the arrival of the animal in the home, but the family will soon grow
accustomed to the small amount of feeding and looking after that pets
need. And the bonus is that if you choose the right animal, the kids
will do it all for you. This has certainly been the case with our new
ferrets, Twister and Whisper.
The first point to make is that ferrets are nothing like as smelly
and bitey as their reputation suggests. It is true that a light odour
lingers on the hands after handling them but this is easily despatched
with water. As for the biting, they will tend to nip you if you stick
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Jul
05
2009
Time for Ferret Owners to Stand up and be Counted |
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Sunday, 05 July 2009 |
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Time for Ferret Owners to Stand up & be Counted! |
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LONDON, July 5 2009/PRNewswire/ --
EuroInvestor
- 1st National Ferret Census
Despite popular myth, not all ferret-owners wear cloth caps, or
keep their ferrets down their trousers! Anecdotal evidence and sales
of ferret food suggest that there are millions of ferrets in the
UK - but until now there has been no reliable data about the ferret
population or lifestyle.
The Ferret Education and Research Trust (FERT) and pet food firm
James Wellbeloved are undertaking the first ever British ferret census,
with a view to establishing not only UK ferret numbers but also whether
they are kept as pets or working animals and their living conditions
- housing, diet, veterinary treatment - geographical concentration,
rescued or rehomed or not, and how long owners have kept ferrets.
Ian Kearns from FERT says: "Ferrets are fantastic little creatures,
very clever and lively, and they make clean, loving pets - as well as Recommend this article... |
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Jun
30
2009
Curfew for Carlisle man who admitted leaving ferret to starve to death |
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
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Curfew for Carlisle man who admitted leaving ferret to starve to death |
By Staff Reporter
News
& Star
30 May 2009
A pet owner from Carlisle has been
placed on curfew after he let his ferret starve to death.
Ian David Turner, of Hebden Avenue, Morton, pleaded guilty to causing
unnecessary suffering to a protected animal at Carlisle magistrates court.
The court heard how RSPCA inspectors visited the 25-year-old’s
previous address at Marina Crescent last September and found the dead
ferret in a wooden hut at the back of the garden with no food or water.
The floor was covered in wood shavings and soiled.
David Sharp, prosecuting on behalf of the RSPCA, told the court that
a post mortem showed that the ferret had died from starvation.
He said that the animal had suffered and its body was emaciated, its
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May
08
2009
Abandoned ferret found by binmen |
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Friday, 08 May 2009 |
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Kevan Fitzmorris said the ferret settled after they gave it water |
BBC News
A caged ferret dumped in a commercial wheelie bin in
an East Sussex town has been rescued by a refuse crew.
The animal was discovered outside a row of shops in Crowborough moments
before the bin's contents were emptied into a refuse vehicle and crushed.
The refuse crew from Wealden District Council said they investigated
the bin because it was not closed properly.
The pet ferret, which has been named Wealden Will, was taken to Jarvis
Brook Depot and adopted by a member of staff.
Kevan Fitzmorris, one of the refuse and recycling crew who found the
ferret, said: "We felt something was not right with the bin which had
not been properly closed.
"When we looked inside, we saw a ferret next to the small cage which
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