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Rabbits, ferrets and guinea pigs, oh my!
When someone thinks of an exotic pet, the first thing that comes to mind might be a spider monkey or possibly a capuchin monkey. If you Google "exotic pets" a whole host of exotic pets for sale pops up, including baby kangaroos, zebras, camels, Asian leopard cats, sloths, wart hogs and many more.
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Fight over ferrets erupts at transient teepee community
A Thursday morning report of a man wielding a machete and fire poker near Ashland and threatening to kill another man prompted a quick police response. But it turned out to be a disagreement over three pet ferrets, police said.
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Experts Weigh In on Bird Flu Research
Earlier this month, the scientists who altered the H5N1 virus to create a more contagious strain that's transmissible between ferrets, agreed to a temporary moratorium, due to safety concerns. The NewsHour reported the story here and here . [More]
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Longview may limit pets, mulls leash law
How many dogs, cats, ferrets or miniature potbellied pigs should one household be allowed to have?
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Longview may limit pet numbers
How many dogs, cats, ferrets or miniature potbellied pigs should one household be allowed to have?
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Editorial: The year of the ferret?
Ferrets aren't for everybody. A domesticated relative of weasels, they require a lot more expense and care than your average cat or dog. But only California and Hawaii ban them among the 50 states. That should change in California.Ferret owners now are pushing for 2012 to be the year of...
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NEWS SCAN: H5N1 invasion of CNS, low-path H5 in Australia, viral co-evolution, E coli O104 in Turkey
In ferrets, H5N1 can reach nervous system via olfactory mucosa A Dutch research team has found that an H5N1 avian influenza virus can spread to the central nervous system (CNS) of ferrets via the olfactory mucosa, according to a report in the Journal of Virology.
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Our View: Year of the ferret?
Ferrets aren't for everybody. A domesticated relative of weasels, they require a lot more expense and care than your average cat or dog. But only California and Hawaii ban them among the 50 states. That should change in California.Ferret owners now are pushing for 2012 to be the year of...
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Meet Commander Shepard...The Ferret
Ferrets are amazing! They make your house smell great, give you plenty of surprises in your laundry heap, and burrow into your sleeping children's flesh (a true story from Jeff Cork's childhood). Last year, BioWare asked fans to select the official look for female Shepard in an exhaustive poll . If the universe needs more help from Earth in stopping the Reaper threat and collecting shiny things ...
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UW scientist says controversial bird flu research should continue
A UW-Madison scientist, testing how bird flu could spread in nature, mixed a bird flu virus with a swine flu virus to create a bird flu strain that spread among ferrets in the lab, he reported Wednesday.
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