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From the BBC» : A ferret has been rescued from an Edinburgh station after apparently getting off a train from London.
The male ferret, named Mickey by animal welfare officers, was found at Haymarket train station on Monday.
He appeared on platform four at about 1900 GMT when the train from London was in the station.
Staff managed to catch the ferret, which is now being cared for by the Scottish SPCA. The animal charity is urging his owner to come forward.
Insp Jenny Scott, of the Scottish SPCA, said: "When I arrived to collect the ferret the staff had managed to catch him and put him in a box.
"We're not sure if he has escaped from someone's house nearby or if he has ventured further and travelled all the way from England on the train.
"He's very friendly so he is obviously someone's pet.
"We'd love to return him to his owner as I'm sure they'll be missing him a lot."
The ferret is now being cared for at the charity's animal rescue and rehoming centre in Balerno.
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grahame
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« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2011, 05:22:22 » |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2011, 17:08:44 » |
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From stv: Fare-dodging ferret reunited with his owner
An adventurous ferret that was found scurrying around a train station platform has been reunited with his owner.
It was thought that the animal ^ nicknamed Mickey ^ had got off the train from London when he was discovered at Haymarket station.
The Scottish SPCA were called to collect him at around 7pm on Monday. He has now been reunited with his owner after being spotted on the STV News.
Although he did not travel from England, it is still thought that the mammal caught the train to his final destination.
Mickey escaped from his home in the Stenhouse area of Edinburgh and it is thought that he jumped on the train from Slateford to haymarket.
A spokeswoman from the Scottish SPCA said: ^A friend of Mr Gibbon, the owner, saw the ferret on the STV news on Tuesday night. Scottish SPCA Chief Superintendent Mike Flynn was interviewed holding Mickey and someone who knew the man phoned him and said ^ve just seen your ferret on the news.^ Mr Gibbon was able to identify and describe the ferret accurately without seeing him. We are confident that it was his ferret so he collected him yesterday.^
^Ferrets are quite good escape artists. We aren^t sure if he escaped from his enclosure or if he was out already, but if you look on Google maps, the railway line does run in a straight line from Stenhouse to Haymarket. We think he may have just hopped on the train, because otherwise there would be a lot of main roads to cross and I wouldn^t have fancied his chances that way.^
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2011, 17:51:09 » |
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Some of those links you found, Graham, are stoatally unacceptable.
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2011, 17:52:44 » |
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Indeed: I was quite furrious.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2011, 19:44:01 » |
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Some of those links you found, Graham, are stoatally unacceptable.
You must be weasley shocked...  Paul |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2011, 20:00:51 » |
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Hmm ... there's certainly a theme which lynx these posts ... |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2011, 20:30:16 » |
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« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2011, 20:53:03 » |
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I've spent the past two days trying to think up crap puns involving mink, ermine, polecat, marten etc without success.....  |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2011, 08:55:23 » |
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I've spent the past two days trying to think up crap puns involving mink, ermine, polecat, marten etc without success..... I would suggest we s'marten our act and move on .. but this is the lighter side  You ferretted out a minkin good story to get us going ... |
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« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2011, 09:09:03 » |
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...yes I suppose the thread is er...mine.
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2011, 11:56:54 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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