{"id":3842,"date":"2023-07-28T09:17:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T09:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news-stoat-successfully-rehabilitated\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T11:07:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T11:07:42","slug":"stoat-successfully-rehabilitated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news\/stoat-successfully-rehabilitated\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoat successfully rehabilitated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"paragraph-4741\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--content-with-summary paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-content-with-summary field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">We have\u00a0successfully rehabilitated and released a young stoat after the animal was caught by a cat.<\/p>\n<p>The stoat, who the team named Sebastian,\u00a0was found in Earlston, Berwickshire when he was only three weeks old and weighed just 260g. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The decision was then made to bring him to the charity\u2019s National Wildlife Rescue Centre for dedicated care and he arrived at the centre on 10 May.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Centre assistant manager, April Dodds, said, \u201cWe don\u2019t get many stoats coming into our care. Sebastian is the only stoat we\u2019ve admitted since 2021, and only the fourth in the last four years.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe thrived in our care and was soon moved outside to a specialist aviary where he could learn natural behaviours. Sebastian was then released on 25 July when he was 12 weeks old. This is the age when young stoats would naturally disperse and leave their mother.<\/p>\n<article class=\"align-center media media--type-image media--view-mode-full\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__label visually-hidden\">Image<\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/full_content\/public\/2023-07\/Untitled%20design%20%2811%29.jpg?itok=eTd7K6IO\" width=\"847\" height=\"492\" alt=\"a young stoat sitting on blankets in a cage waiting to be released into the wild\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re sorry to see him go but so happy he made a full recovery and was able to go back to the wild where he belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If anyone finds an animal in distress they should call the charity\u2019s animal helpline on 03000 999 999.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have\u00a0successfully rehabilitated and released a young stoat after the animal was caught by a cat. 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