“It was once said in another context that being in close quarters with such a volatile person was like being locked in a phone booth with an enraged ferret.” — Documents filed on behalf of Gov. Jim ...

Stay informed about the West. High Country News’ weekly email newsletters keep you up-to-date with our latest news and investigations from across the region. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has ...

Mayor Giuliani bit back at the City Council yesterday, vetoing a bill that would have allowed New Yorkers to keep pet ferrets. The mayor said the weasel-like animals are “naturally inclined to do harm ...

Grace, a 23-year-old who lives on the Upper East Side, has a plan if she’s ever stopped by a cop when she’s walking her three ferrets — Mina, Amy and Louie — in Central Park. “My roommate [will] say ...

MEETEETSE, Wyo. – An endangered weasel is returning to an area of western Wyoming where the critter almost went extinct more than 30 years ago. Biologists plan to release 35 black-footed ferrets ...

A WASHINGTON Heights man trying to get his stolen ferret back from a group of hoodlums was savagely beaten outside his home, police said yesterday. The ferret disappeared earlier this week and owner ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For 15 years, ferrets in New York City have been living in the shadows, outlawed under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who famously told a ferret fancier that “this excessive concern with ...

It looks like former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s ferret freak out was for naught. The Board of Health and Mayor Bill de Blasio are seriously considering abolishing New York City’s ferret ban this coming ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. We don’t even want to know what’s on his right shoulder.Photo: Getty Images, iStockphoto Radio Rudy was ...

Ferret fans, tomorrow is your day. Oregon Ferret Shelter's largest event of the year, "Weasels Dancing in the Park," will take place on Saturday at Hammerle Park in West Linn. The event is a ...

Dec. 11 (UPI) --A Maine woman said an animal initially believed to be a rat and later thought to be an escaped ferret was eventually discovered to be a weasel in her ceiling. Kassondra Dale said she ...