Predatory feral ferrets removed from an island for the first time ever | Conservation

Predatory feral ferrets removed from an island for the first time ever | Conservation

Predatory feral ferrets have been removed from an island for the first time ever, in a lift for Northern Ireland’s largest seabird colony. Rathlin Island is ferret-free after a £4.5m five-year partnership led by RSPB NI involving islanders, charities, volunteers and a pink labrador referred to as Woody. The invasive, non-native ferrets had been believed…

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The quiet community who can no longer leave their homes on the weekend because their town is overrun by ‘feral’ teens

The quiet community who can no longer leave their homes on the weekend because their town is overrun by ‘feral’ teens

A ‘pack of feral teens’ have turned a once-thriving excessive road right into a ‘no go zone’ – with residents too scared to leave their homes at night time.  For months, shopkeepers in Ashton-in-Makerfield have been subjected to harassment by the group who spend each night cruising via the town centre on mountain bikes throwing rocks…

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