The ferret (Mustela putorius furo) of a falconer. The ferrets are trained to hunt rabbits. They drive rabbits out of their burrow, after which the bird of prey (falcon) goes into action to catch them.
(May 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Frettchen, #ferret, #Iltisse, #animals, #Falknerei

Polecat in the bird of prey protection park/ game reserve Hellenthal/ Euskirchen district (Eifel, western Germany)
(September 2009)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Iltisse, #polecats, #animals, #Hellenthal, #Wildgehege, #Eifel

A European polecat in the bird of prey protection park/ game reserve Hellenthal (Euskirchen district, western Germany, Eifel area)
(September 2009)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Iltisse, #polecats, #Greifvogelschutzstation, #Wildgehege, #Hellenthal, #Eifel