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Feb
06
2008
New Guide To Increasingly Popular |
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Tuesday, 05 February 2008 |
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New Guide To Increasingly Popular
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Wednesday 06 February
2008
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The BVA Animal Welfare Foundation
(BVA AWF) has launched
a new practical guide to caring for pet ferrets. The guide is
produced in association with the Ferret Education & Research
Trust (FERT). The BVA
AWF says the move reflects the growing popularity of these intelligent
and curious animals as household pets.
Covering the basics such as housing, feeding, health care and toilet training,
the guide also offers advice on ferret-proofing your home and garden,
and breeding and neutering as well as vaccination against Canine Distemper.
Carl Padgett, Chair, BVA AWF Trustees explained:
"While ferrets can sleep for a large period of the day, when they are
awake they are very active and need a lot of stimulation to occupy their time.
They live an average of eight to ten years so a high level of commitment and
care is needed but our new guide should ensure that even the novice owner has
all the information necessary to ensure their pet's health and welfare.
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Jan
15
2008
OAP animal ban after 100 'suffer' |
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
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OAP animal ban after 100 'suffer' |
Walford Rogers was already serving a ban on keeping animals
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BBC News
January 15, 2008
A pensioner found guilty of causing suffering to 105 animals has been given a six month suspended jail sentence.
Walford Rogers, who lives in a caravan on land at Cwmbran, Torfaen, was banned
from keeping animals for 10 years.
The dogs and ferrets had been kept in poorly-built kennels and cages, Newport
magistrates heard. But Rogers, 75, still denied any wrong-doing.
The RSPCA, which spent £100,000 rehousing the animals, said the case sent a clear
signal to the public.
Rogers was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to 63 dogs and 42 ferrets
at Cwmbran magistrates court on 30 November.
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Jan
04
2008
Ferrets lovers lead the way in Flintshire |
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Thursday, 03 January 2008 |
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Ferrets lovers lead the way in Flintshire |
04 January 2008
Evening Leader Flintshire
By Kelly Fenna
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| Harvey the ferret |
RESCUED ferrets in
Flintshire are being taken for daily walks and living life at the end
of a lead.
The furry friends from Capricorn
Animal Rescue, Padeswood in Flintshire enjoy daily exercise to satisfy
their active nature.
The latest addition to the four ferret family at the centre is young
adult Harvey, who was rescued two weeks ago.
He was found starved and neglected but is now making a good recovery
thanks to regular walks and lots of attention.
Two volunteers walk the ferrets for half an hour each day.
And, although the pets spend 14 to 18 hours a day sleeping, they are
most active during dawn and dusk.
Capricorn secretary Sheila Stewart, who helps look after 32 different
species of animals at the centre, said that ferrets are very curious
and need to be kept occupied.
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Dec
30
2007
In close quarters, pet ferrets make fur a significant 'other' |
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Saturday, 29 December 2007 |
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In close quarters, pet ferrets make fur a significant 'other'
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Jan Smith at home with her ferrets
Sonny and Jasper. "They
are very beautiful pets," she says. "Their antics are incredible."
Photo: Craig Sillitoe |
Ari Sharp
December 30, 2007
WHEN she moved into her inner-city apartment, Jan Smith was in no
doubt which type of pet would keep her company. Dogs and cats were
a handful; goldfish and budgerigars lacked personality. Ferrets were
the perfect choice.
The furry creatures sleep through most of the day, but are high
on energy when their owners are willing to play, making them the
ideal pet for people in small inner-city apartments.
For Ms Smith, now the secretary of the Victorian Ferret Society,
it was an easy decision.
"They are very beautiful pets," she says. "Their antics are incredible.
They play as soon as they wake up, and then they work themselves
out and they drop and sleep for more than a few hours."
It's hard to know how many ferret owners there are in Australia,
but numbers seem to be rising. Ferrets often get lumped in with "other" on
surveys, although one American study found that ferrets were the
third most popular "companion pet" behind cats and dogs.
The Canterbury Vet Clinic, one of Melbourne's leading ferret vets,
says there has been a steady increase in the number of ferrets being
presented for treatment. And the Ferret Society has had a surge of
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Nov
02
2007
Ferret thieves caught on CCTV |
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Friday, 02 November 2007 |
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Ferret thieves caught on CCTV |
Thieves in hooded jumpers captured on CCTV cameras making off with
heavily protected rare breed of ferrets. THIEVES were recorded by CCTV
cameras stealing ferrets from a Compton garden on Monday.
Ferret Thieves Caught on CCTV
Fri, November 02 2007
Newbury
Today
By Ben Johnson, Reporter
You can watch exclusive footage of the thieves as they make off with
the rare breed of ferrets by clicking on the video link above.
The thieves, who attempted to disguise themselves with hooded sweatshirts,
were filmed breaking into the heavily- protected garden through a fence before
making off with five ferrets - two of which were a rare, black-eyed white breed.
Burglar alarms, barbed wire and CCTV (closed circuit television) did not deter
them as they loaded the animals from cages into a stolen ferret carrying box.
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