A man has been filmed taking a ferret for a walk on a lead on a street in Edinburgh.

The video, captured by Calvin Charlton, was shot yesterday (May 30), and shows the man with a ferret on the lead.

He picks the animal up and puts him in his bag after taking it for a walk.

"I was driving to pick my partner up from a carer shift in the Stockbridge area when I was diverted (due to road closures) onto a different route. When driving down Pleasance in Edinburgh I spotted a man with a ferret on the lead - which I saw as too good an opportunity to miss for my social media platforms. I pulled up down the road, turned the engine off and stuck the hazards on and began filming. I'd never seen anything like it", writes the filmer.

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I was driving to pick my partner up from a carers shift in the Stockbridge area when I was diverted (due to road closures) onto a different route. When driving down Pleasance in Edinburgh I spotted a man with a ferret on the lead - which I saw as too good an opportunity to miss for my social media platforms. I pulled up down the road, turned the engine off & stuck the hazards on and began filming. I'd never seen anything like it.