NINE baby ferrets have been found abandoned in a hedge in WGC. Geoff Wright discovered the litter of young mammals surrounded by straw in Herns Lane. His initial reaction was they had been dumped – a fear confirmed when he took them to be re-homed at

NINE baby ferrets have been found abandoned in a hedge in WGC.

Geoff Wright discovered the litter of young mammals surrounded by straw in Herns Lane.

His initial reaction was they had been dumped - a fear confirmed when he took them to be re-homed at a rescue sanctuary in Luton.

And there he discovered that the Garden City was a hotspot for ferret dumping.

Read more in this week's Welwyn & Hatfield Times, out on Wednesday.