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Saving Planet EarthYou are in: Manchester > Saving Planet Earth > Saving the polecats  Shobna Gulati Saving the polecatsIt was trapped to the brink of extinction - but with a little help, the polecat is making a comeback. As part of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Saving Planet Earth series, Shobna Gulati investigates a scheme to return polecats to the wild in Cheshire.
Shobna Gulati, star of Coronation Street and former ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Manchester presenter, travelled across the North West to see some of the projects in place to help our endangered wildlife. ![An orphaned polecat [pic: Rob Scrivens]](/staticarchive/87fda61f0a7cda1e5012fcb51e610a2aeccff3f4.jpg) A young polecat, aged 8-12 weeks Shobna finds out more about a scheme to protect polecats in Cheshire. The polecat is one of our last remaining carnivorous mammals. Closely related to the domestic ferret, it’s a fierce predator that was once almost trapped into extinction by farmers and gamekeepers. The RSPCA’s Stapeley Grange Animal Rescue Centre near Nantwich in Cheshire specialises in re-introducing orphaned polecats back into the wild. ÌýShobna watched as a polecat was put under general anaesthetic so that RSPCA officer, Rob Scriven, could fit it with a tracking device. The polecat's returnMore about polecats: more on the Northwich rehabilitation of orphaned polecats and why polecats were nearly hunted to extinction in the UK last updated: 06/07/07 SEE ALSOYou are in: Manchester > Saving Planet Earth > Saving the polecats [an error occurred while processing this directive]
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