1. In Bygone days many stoats were slaughtered to provide skins for ermine robes

2. 1080 is used to control possums, rats, stoats, deer, and rabbits.

3. Hunting stoats, polecats and weasels are a particular threat to them.

4. 29 Other suggestions include immuno-contraception control and the possibility of infecting stoats with canine distemper.

5. The rabbits you are after may already have been bolted by natural predators such as stoats, weasels, mink and pine martens.

6. 15 Stoats are small and fierce and quick and feral; they kill by biting the necks of their prey; they are said to mesmerise their larger victims with a snake-like dance.