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Black-footed ferrets, weasel-like animals with distinctive dark bands around their eyes and black feet, are ruthless little ...

The domestic ferret, though not as common a laboratory animal as the rat or mouse, serves as a model in critical research areas, including influenza biology and vaccine development. Studies ...

“In the 1880s New Zealand farmers unleashed ferrets to curb the rising rabbit problem. That plan backfired. The ferrets had ...

But the plan backfired when the ferrets started breeding and targeting seabirds instead. As RSPB warden Liam McFaul discovered, "It's a bit like a fox in a chicken house, they just want to kill ...

killing indigenous species and potentially spreading diseases to both humans and livestock. We have found that ferrets can cause significant harm to local ecosystems. They can also damage the ...