Dr Fauci says mink strain of coronavirus Mink strain 'should not pose risk to Covid-19 vaccines' Denmark is culling millions of mink in a bid to limit the spread of the disease. But experts fear the ...

Ferrets were originally domesticated several thousand years ago to hunt rodents and perform vermin control around the house Ferrets are not wild animals and cannot survive well in the wild They are ...

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They're the furry fund-raisers who are desperate to ferret out your cash - all in the name of a good cause. Dogs on leads are a familiar site along the seafront at Lowestoft, but yesterday species ...

A traveller dad who wants to raise his children according to tradition taught his daughter how to hunt and gut rabbits in the wild. Lee Hughes, a horse dentist from a traveller community in Dorset, ...

Wild black-footed ferret wearing a novel tracking collar peers out of a prairie dog burrow. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Photos and b-roll are available ...

An unlikely visitor was spotted inspecting the floral tributes left for the Queen near Buckingham Palace. Dazzle the ferret was taken to the special memorial site set up in Green Park for wellwishers ...

A pet ferret has made a "miraculous" recovery after accidentally spending a full cycle in a washing machine. Bandit was given a 1% chance of survival by vets after going through a 100-minute wash when ...

A Milton Keynes woman has set up a successful business - with the help of her pets. Photographer Karen Parker runs an online gift company selling ferret-themed goods such as jewellery, t-shirts and ...

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Ferret owners in a US state have launched a campaign to overturn a ban on the animals which has stood for nearly 80 years. California is the only US state besides Hawaii that bans residents from ...