Exotic Incident #1481
Incident Date:
01/10/2011
Location:
Grain Valley, MO - USA
Facility Name:
Facility Type:
Exotic Pet (E)
Incident Category:
Escape/Attack resulting in human injury (HI)
Species:
Other
Animal:
Ferret
Animal disposition:
Dead
Summary:
A pet ferret bit off 7 fingers from a 4 month-old infant boy. The family’s ferret had gotten into where the baby was sleeping and began to take off the baby’s fingers. The infant’s father killed the ferret. Police are looking into the incident.
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