I am not keen on hunting or blood sports but if I were heading off to the British Isles, I think I’d be tempted to go and mix with the team of “eager ferrets” in the countryside!

Certainly the scenery looks fantastic, especially after the arid, desert-like conditions of Perth after a dry winter

Experience the trill of ferreting on a highland estate set in the picturesque valley of the Feugh.

This is an opportunity to spend some time with our head game keeper “waiting for the rabbits to bolt” in this exciting and often unpredictable sport, accompanied by a knowledgeable and a “safe” pair of hands and our team of eager ferrets!

Okay, please tell me why there is such a big dislike for mustelids with the US Fish & Wildlife – or Fish & Game – Services? They didn’t want the wolverine protected, they’re anti ferrets in California … it’s almost a pathological hatred of the species.

Thank goodness for the federal judge who overturned the decision!

I read somewhere about how maligned the “impression” of the wolverine was. People have this great misconception of how vicious and horrible this poor animal is but, in fact, it is nothing like that. Yes it’s a solitary animal, yes it smells pretty foul, (you’d probably find that if a wolverine was sterilized, that awful odor would disappear!) and yes, it hunts for food to survive. Don’t most wild animals do the latter?