A report on Mustela furo multicephalus has been found!!  The California
Department of Fish and Game have evidently known about Mustela furo
multicephalus for some time and have made an extensive study on this unusual
creature.  There were a few anomalies in the study, but considering the
small numbers of these animals, some anomalies can be expected.  Only parts
of this as yet unpublished study are shown.
 
"....the danger to livestock is paramount.  Several of these animals were
observed in a hunting 'pack' amongst a herd of deer.  An attempt was made
to get at video footage of the kill, but didn't come to pass due to lack of
available funding.  Further attempts will be made shortly..."
 
"...this animal is truly a voracious animal.  With its' two heads, these
ferrets take in twice the intake of normal ferrets.  They are truly a danger
to the Californian wildlife and must be eradicated..."
 
"...These ferrets appear to be solitary animals, generally found in small
groups of mother and kits or solitary.  An occasion has arisen where a
group of them was seen hunting for deer, general consensus is that they
instinctively come together when large game is near so they can hunt it."
 
"...these ferrets have only been found in bushland and areas that have a
low population of people."
 
"Several plans are in place to exterminate these animals:
 
- Allow hunting with $10 unrestricted permits
- Increase human populations in bushland/reserve areas
- Label the animals as 'vermin'
- Begin an anti 'multicephalus' campaign with footage of deer hunting
  (once the money has come in to shoot said footage) - do a poison drop in
  the areas these animals are found - lay kill traps along areas where
  these animals are found.  - do poison drops just outside the areas where
  they're found, for when they start to move out of their territory due to
  the traps
- lay traps outside the outside poison drop area for any that may have
  survived
 
These measures may exterminate the animals as required.  Some other
casualties are expected, amongst which there is a possibility of some
losses of the American Bald Eagle, but since these animals thrive in other
areas, these losses are considered to be negligible."
 
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[Posted in FML issue 2284]