Abandoned Ferret

What makes News? In these days of financial crises, dodgy expense claims by MPs, showbiz and politics - Patsy gives Immigration Minister a rollicking - and when will Gordon give up, what we need is something really different. So, with no dog bites man story available, up comes "Abandoned Ferret Found by Binmen". The bin men in Crowborough, East Sussex said that they suspected something was not right with the green top wheelie bin because the lid was not closed properly. And there, inside, was an abandoned ferret - looking desperate - how does a ferret look when desperate? The ferret now named Wealden Will, was taken to Jarvis Brook Depot, Crowborough, where a member of staff applied for adoption. "Look dear, I decided that it would be nice to have a pet ferret", said Binman Jones who took the animal home to his wife, who realised immediately that it was something that they had always needed. The RSPCA has quite rightly condemned the person responsible for dumping the animal in the bin. Why would anyone decide to buy a ferret in the first place and then dump it? Was it a ferret with behavioural problems? They are not animals that one thinks of as affectionate and they do have a rather nasty bite. But surely the past owner knew that at the start. It's an odd world.