Pet ferrets stolen in Hurst Green
Surrey Police are appealing for the public's help.
Last updated 1st Nov 2023
Two ferrets that a family say are "the absolute world" to them have been stolen from a shed in Hurst Green.
Surrey Police are now appealing for the public's help in finding the ferrets.
One of the ferrets also requires a special diet and syringe feeding, with the family concerned that he won't survive without the correct conditions and diet.
It is believed they were taken between 2pm on Saturday and 930am on Sunday.
The thief or thieves climbed over the garden fence from a neighbouring property and either smashed the padlock off the shed door or removed it using bolt cutters. The two ferrets were all that was taken.
"To us they are no different to a pet dog or cat."
One of the ferrets is described as a sable polecat ferret, and the other is a silver ferret.
The family are devastated and said that “we have been left not knowing where they are, if they are being abused or mistreated, if they are being fed or cared for properly or if they have already been abandoned or killed because they are of no use to the person that has stolen them.”
“They have their own personalities; they love to have cuddles and play and rush out of their bed to say hello whenever you go to see them…to us they are no different to a pet dog or cat.”
Were you in the area around Mill Lane in Hurst Green on Friday 27 or Saturday 28 October? Do you have CCTV, dashcam or helmet cam footage that might have captured anything suspicious? Have you been offered these ferrets for sale recently or know anything about where they might be or who might have taken them?
If you have any information that can help us reunite these beloved family pets with their rightful owners, please get in touch with police quoting PR/45230122788 via:
• Webchat on their website https://www.surrey.police.uk/
• Online https://www.surrey.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report/
• Calling on 101