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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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-------------  Written by: Engel Schmidl

Ferret fun at Blackwood

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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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-------------  Written by: Gary Cruden

Ferret rescue centre in hunt for new home

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

 
  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

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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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