Qld: Ferret bites policeman s genitals

AAP General News (Australia)
02-07-2000
Qld: Ferret bites policeman s genitals

A policeman is nursing a painful injury after being bitten on the penis by a ferret
during a bizarre arrest yesterday.

Police say the ferret was being driven to a wildlife refuge by a young constable when
it escaped from a cardboard box on the back seat and climbed onto the officer's lap before
sinking its teeth into his groin.

The incident almost caused a traffic accident on innercity Milton Road as the officer
tried to restrain the animal and pulled on the handbrake, sending the car into a spin.

He was forced to use his baton to knock the animal …