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Apr
16
2010
Diamonds? No, ferrets are a girl's best friend |
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Friday, 16 April 2010 |
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Diamonds? No, ferrets are a girl's best friend |
April 16, 2010
This Is Kent
DIAMONDS may be a girl's best friend but, in this part
of the country at least, ferrets seem to come a close second.
For according to the first national survey on animals which have been
used to hunt rabbits since the Norman conquest, there are not only more
pet ferret owners in the South East than anywhere else in the country,
but most of them are women.
The survey, by the Ferret Education and Research Trust (FERT), found
that 27 per cent of owners live in the South East, four times as many
as counties like Yorkshire, where ferrets have traditionally been as
much part of life as whippets and flat caps.
And, perhaps inspired by celebrities like Paris Hilton and Madonna,
both of whom have pet ferrets, 61 per cent of them are female. Most keep
two, although one owner admitted to 160.
"I'm not surprised, because they make very good pets," said Jane Davies
of Redpoll Walk, Paddock Wood. "We had a pair for two years, Fred and
Ginger, and they were lovely, really affectionate.
"They lived outside, but we let them in with us in the evenings.
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Mar
24
2010
Ferret fun at Blackwood |
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010 |
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Ferret fun at Blackwood |
Moorabool Leader
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James Pyers will compete in the ferret racing at the Blackwood
Woodchop Carnival on Easter Saturday. |
24 Mar 2010
by Engel Schmidl
Queen Elizabeth I was known to be rather fond of them, but not everyone
loves ferrets.
Greendale resident James Pyers, who has 32 pet ferrets, says they are
just misunderstood.
Victorian Ferret Society member Mr Pyers, 28, will be racing some of
his ferrets at the Blackwood Easter Woodchop Carnival.
The Blackwood annual Easter Woodchop Carnival will be held at the Blackwood
Recreational Reserve on Easter Saturday (April 3) with the traditional
street parade starting at 11am.
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Mar
22
2010
Ferret rescue centre in hunt for new home |
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Monday, 22 March 2010 |
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Ferret rescue centre in hunt for new home
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By Gary Cruden
Published: 22/03/2010
The Press and Journal
The only ferret rescue centre in Aberdeenshire is searching
for a new home.
The couple who run the A1 Ferret Rescue Centre, at Turriff,
have been told they must vacate their current premises later this year.
Geoff Stuart, of the centre, said: “The lease is
ready to run out and the landlord wants his property back for a member
of his family. He has apologised.
“Until Thursday night we were supposed to be out
on May 18 but we have slightly longer now. We really need somewhere in
Aberdeen or the surrounding area, anything at all as long as it has some
kind of garden for putting the hutches in.”
He said the centre generally cared for between five and
40 ferrets at a time.
He said the centre had 30 ferrets at the start of last
week but that number had dropped to 11 by the weekend.
“We take them in and look after them. They are vet-checked
and rehomed,” he said.
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Mar
12
2010
Facebook ferrets make a great escape |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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Facebook ferrets make a great escape |
Mista Ferret is circus trained and has his own Facebook page - but he
is still on the run after escaping from his home in Riverside with five
of his pals
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Gordon Tyler's Facebook ferrets, Riverside, Cardiff
Photograph: Hannah Waldram/guardian.co.uk |
Guardian
Cardiff
March 12, 2010
The race is on to find six circus-trained ferrets who are so loved by
fans they have their own
Facebook page.
The ferrets belong to Gordon Tyler, otherwise known as Fiery Jack, a
36-year-old jester from Riverside. Tyler tours the UK with his 12 talented
ferrets to perform at medieval events.
Ironically, one of their acts is known as The Great Escape, and sees
the ferrets run through an assault course designed like a castle.
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Jan
22
2010
Ferret heist foiled in Mexico City |
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Friday, 22 January 2010 |
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Ferret heist foiled in Mexico City |
SeattlePI
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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.
The ferrets were unharmed. |
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