Spotted in the wild 👀 A member of the mustelid family, the polecat is roughly the size of a ferret (its domesticated cousin). Though similar in appearance, there are several distinguishing features seen in polecats: ✔️ Dark fur on face which extends to nose ✔️ Pale cheek patches which contrast with dark facial fur ✔️ Dark fur on paws ✔️ No throat patch or less than 50mm long Polecats do sometimes produce young with escaped ferrets, and these hybrids can be harder to tell apart but are generally

RARE FOOTAGE: MARBLED POLECAT SPOTTED IN THE WESTERN NEGEV A farmer working in the fields of a kibbutz in southern Israel noticed a strange animal leaping through the wheat and entering a burrow. It didn’t look familiar, and he knew it wasn’t just another rodent. Tal Goldman, head of field crops at GADASH Ora in Kibbutz Revivim, shared: “I come every morning to count hay bales and often see wildlife, but this one caught my eye—it was something special.” Goldman reached out to veterinarian Dr. Ya