Today’s Chewed Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
A Missouri couple was charged on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 with endangering the welfare of a child after a pet ferret allegedly chewed off most of their four-month-old son’s fingers while he was left home alone. Ryan R. Waldo, 33, and Carrie R. Waldo, 25, were each charged in Jackson County on Wednesday and have not yet entered a plea. Documents filed as part of the charges state that the Waldos told police they were asleep when the ferret attack occurred on January 10 in their home in Grain Valley, Missouri. The couple said they awoke to find the boy screaming and bloody and that Ryan Waldo threw the ferret against the dishwasher, killing it. The infant was taken to the hospital, where seven fingers were amputated because they had been chewed down to the knuckles. Grain Valley police investigated cell phone records and used GPS technology to determine that the Waldos were exchanging text messages from various locations at the time of the ferret attack, when they had said they were at home. The Waldos told investigators the ferret had never bitten anyone, but a person with a ferret rescue organization told their landlord the couple wanted to give up the animal because it had bitten the infant twice. Ryan and Carrie Waldo face one felony count each of endangering the welfare of a child. Their infant son and a sibling have been removed from the parents’ custody while the case proceeds.
Culled from: Reuters
So why the hell did they not follow through and get rid of the thing when it bit the baby the first time?!
And why then let it run loose and leave it alone with the baby?
These people are obviously trash.
Not exactly Parents of the Year, are they? You’d think they would have at least put the baby in a cage if they were gonna leave the ferret loose! 😉
Nobody with two brains to rub together lets a four month old child alone-for any reason…and certainly not with an animal in the home. On another note, this infant probably looked like a four course dinner to the ferret. Wild animals are wild, they are not like “puppies” and “kitties” people feed so many times a day. They find food when they fine it, and a 20 pound fleshy thing that doesnt move well is a great meal for a ferret.
Especially if the ferret has already tasted him.
Ferrets are dangerous around babies and have been banned as pets in some areas because of it. They’re attracted to the smell of milk and a few babies have been badly bitten about the face, and a few even killed.
Cats. If you want children and pets, get a few cats. All three of my kids ( 16, 13, and 6 1/2) have been around cats since before they were born. Never had a problem. Those old wives’ tales are false. Of course, I am a very smart and attentive parent. I’m willing to bet these “parents” had a hobby more important than their kids. Examples: Online game playing, soap operas, drugs, etc…