“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 ...

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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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK – Ferrets are banned in New York ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California's ferret owners are tired of being criminals. They live in the only U.S. state besides Hawaii that bans residents from keeping ferrets as pets, forcing an untold ...

BEN Stiller and Jennifer Aniston have an easy chemistry in the romantic comedy “Along Came Polly” – but no love was lost between Stiller and the ferret who plays a pivotal comic role in the film.

MEETEETSE, Wyo. (AP) — A nocturnal species of weasel with a robber-mask-like marking across its eyes has returned to the remote ranchlands of western Wyoming where the critter almost went extinct more ...