Not the onion somehow.
‘Pet ferrets kept as therapy animals at the UK’s largest children’s prison have been co-opted by managers to kill rats, resulting in a bloody incident and concerns over child and animal welfare.’
'According to a union complaint seen by the Guardian, the decision resulted in a boy who looks after ferrets witnessing an “inappropriate and potentially distressing” savaging of a screaming rat.
Another complaint suggests the gored rodent was then “stomped to death” by a senior staff member in front of prison officers.
The incident once again highlights the vermin-ridden conditions in which children and adults are detained within the prison estate across England and Wales.’
Ferrits seem like they are demons. Like, cats are known to be good hunters. Every ferret I have met seems to have a cold bloodlust in their little hearts that puts a cat to shame. My roommate would lose feeder mice. She would a the cat catch the mouse so she could take it from the cat to feed her snake. She tried it one time and the ferrit instantly killed the mouse. This was a well fed creature that would not have had any chance to hunt before. Just zero hesitation it ran over and crushed the mouse skull. Seemingly on instinct alone. This is the outcome I would expect for ferrets and rodents
Lmao cats are serial killers who torment their victims and ferrets are T-800s who just murder as expediently as possible
Ferrets are cool and cute in certain ways but I cannot fathom how they’d be better than a cat at any job be it pest control or therapy pet.
And that’s not even considering the differences in care costs, ferret-proofing, waste cleaning. Making a child clean up ferret waste instead of having a cat with a normal litter box is so cruel and pointless.