Yesterday I posted about an article about a sad incident involving an infant left unsupervised with a ferret and the child being "attacked" by said ferret. The article and title are reckless and irresponsible. I'm so tired of these papers and their sensationalism regarding "ferret attacks" and "ferrets eating babies". Must be nice to have a cushy job writing for a paper and not have to take five minutes of your time to call a ferret shelter or expert to ask about this or to get more details and get the facts straight. The titles and articles have it so that when you Google ferrets, bites, etc, articles about ferrets eating babies etc come up. Now can it happen? Oh hell yes, a mouse can get to "eating a baby" under the right circumstances. But these stories usually contain a lot of false information about the cases and misinformation about ferrets in general. The recants are never published when ferrets are exonerated (which they usually are). Worst of all nobody seems to give some word space to advise readers to never allow an infant to be left unsupervised with anything having teeth! They don't advise about animal neglect adding to this, previous injuries on a baby triggering something, old food not cleaned off the baby well triggering things, or the fact ........... that it takes a long time for a ferret to do more than a couple/few bites let alone damage. Meaning .... a baby obviously sounded off blood curdling screams for a long period of time before being discovered. I don't know about you, but I can often hear a baby crying all the way out on a street from a house when I am walking. It just ticks me off because as I said, must be nice to have a job like that and to also sleep at night not worrying about who you've hurt with your written words. https://www.facebook.com/tennessean/posts/10202877345871279 Wolfy Visit the Small Animal Channel and Ferrets Magazine! http://www.smallanimalchannel.com/ http://www.smallanimalchannel.com/ferrets-magazine/default.aspx Sean and Rocky: http://www.wolfysluv.com/sean.html [Posted in FML 8076]