{"id":41213,"date":"2025-08-03T16:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T16:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/41213\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T16:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T16:23:08","slug":"baby-weasel-rescued-by-local-wildlife-carers-after-cat-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/41213\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby weasel rescued by local wildlife carers after cat attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A young weasel is receiving round-the-clock care at Secret World Wildlife Rescue near Burnham-On-Sea after being rescued from a cat attack \u2014 the charity\u2019s first baby weasel admission of the year<\/p>\n<p>The orphaned weasel was rescued following a close encounter with a domestic cat. One of the charity\u2019s volunteer drivers acted swiftly, ensuring the tiny creature was taken to a veterinary clinic for an assessment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s crucial that any wild animal caught by a cat is seen by a vet as soon as possible,\u201d says a Secret World spokesperson. \u201cEven if they appear uninjured, bacteria in a cat\u2019s mouth can lead to serious infections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a thorough examination and the all-clear from vets, the young weasel was admitted to the charity\u2019s specialist wildlife hospital in East Huntspill, where carers are now providing care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young weasel is receiving round-the-clock care at Secret World Wildlife Rescue near Burnham-On-Sea after being rescued from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,23151,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-41213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-secret-world-wildlife-rescue","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}