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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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Abandoned ferret found by binmen
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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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Apr
29
2009
Ferret tags will keep you together |
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 |
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Ferret tags will keep you together |
Wednesday 29th April 2009
Worchester News
The RSPCA in the West Midlands is urging ferret owners to get their
pets microchipped after finding an increased number of straying ferrets
are being picked up throughout the region.
In the past week Animal Collection Officer (ACO) Suzie Smith has had
five separate calls about ferrets on the loose.
“In the eight years I have worked for the RSPCA I have only ever
picked up one microchipped ferret,” she said.
“Ferrets are renowned for being energetic, curious with a love
of playing hide and seek so anyone who owns a ferret should ensure their
pet is chipped for piece of mind.
“We have a real problem with straying ferrets at the moment which
could be partly to do with the breeding season. "We are receiving calls about straying ferrets every week and when
they are not chipped we have no way of reunited missing pet and owner." |
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Apr
06
2009
Love at first bite |
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Monday, 06 April 2009 |
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Photo: Kylie Goldsmith |
Kylie Northover
May 5, 2008
The
Sydney Morning Herold
It didn't attract the same level of interest as last month's
2020 Summit, but the weekend's inaugural Ferret Health Symposium,
held by the Australian branch of the International Ferret Congress
(no, I'm not making that up), had arguably more defined goals — and a
raffle.
Ferrets, much maligned as bitey and smelly, are increasingly popular
domestic pets in Australia. In the US, ferrets are the third most
popular pet, despite being illegal in several states.
The two-day symposium, which attracted ferret lovers from around
the country and veterinary specialists from as far afield as Canada
and the US, featured presentations on the health requirements, care
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Jan
21
2009
The great ferret escape |
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Wednesday, 21 January 2009 |
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The great ferret escape! |
21 January 2009
Hornsey & Crouch
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RESCUER Don Holtum, Stroud Green Library
manager, with ferret Cano |
THIS fidgety fur-ball enjoyed some ferreting of his own after spending
hours wandering the streets of Stroud Green.
But the roving pet buried himself in some good books after he was rescued
by staff at Stroud Green Library in Quernmore Road, following an eight-hour
jaunt last Thursday.
Library manager Don Holtum said: "He was just running down the street
at about 10am sniffing the cars and the trees, just like a ferret on
a day out.
"I went and picked him up and got him sitting in the book crates in
the library. It was quite dangerous, he could easily have got run over.
I don't get to do too much ferret handling in my line of work but I've
grown quite attached to him now."
But the ferret, whose name is Cano, was eventually claimed by his owners from
a nearby newsagent after Mr Holtum launched an appeal.
His owner, who did not want to be named, revealed Cano had escaped from his
cage at about 2am.
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