New ferrets will soon be scurrying around Surrey Docks Farm after kids raised a whopping £1,775.
The farm’s youth committee launched the campaign after the old ferrets, Buddy and Booboo, sadly died in 2020.
In their absence, the enclosure became dilapidated and the money will buy a new ferret house and two to three new furry friends.
A spokesperson for Surrey Docks Farm said: “Their ferret house fundraiser has been a huge success, with the young people organising four separate events at the farm this spring.”
Among those who helped raise money was ten-year-old Adam Imam, from Rotherhithe, who gathered funds by walking into local pubs with a charity bucket and pitching the ferrets’ case to punters.
Boy takes ferret fundraiser by the scruff for Surrey Docks Farm
The Surrey Docks Farm spokesperson added: “The ferrets will be cared for by the young people in our core youth programme on the weekends as well as our volunteers, work experience students and adults with learning disabilities.”
Children in the farm’s programmes will enjoy learning about ferrets, taking them for walks around the farm, feeding and mucking them out.
This will also take them to animal competitions and learn about their behaviour.
The ferrets, whose arrival is hotly anticipated, should come to the farm later this year.
Surrey Docks Farm, established at the site in 1986, is also home to pigs, goats, sheep, donkeys, poultry and more.
