On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 09:30:26 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 6/28/2016 6:37 AM, Gary wrote:
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>> Ferret expense is better put to use as a loving pet or let them loose on
>> your farm to keep down the rodent population. Even the fur isn't worth
>> all that much.
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>I saw on Bizarre Foods they used them in Spain for rabbit hunting. The
>ferrets went down the hole and flushed the rabbit. Rabbit shot, ferret
>back in the cage.

Ferrets were used in the UK for ratting. My uncle had a poultry farm
and a local guy would bring his ferrets every so often and they would
run through all the holes under the coops and grab the rats.

They were not ferrets you ever patted though!