Exotic Animal Incident Report

Reported: Jan 10, 2011
Location: Grain Valley, Missouri

Animal: Ferret
Animal Disposition: dead

Facility Type: Exotic Pet
Facility Name: unknown

Category: Attack resulting in human injury, Animal Death, Animal Death by human
Species: Other

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.

Source: KMBC.com