Assertion: ferret | /r/ObjectUse | used for hunting
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The sport may alternatively have originated during the time when only the relatively wealthy in England were allowed to keep ferrets used for hunting, forcing the animal poachers to hide their illicit ferrets in their trousers to avoid detection by gamekeepers.
text: Ferrets have been domesticated for thousands of years and were often used as hunters.
text: Ferrets were once used for hunting, well over 2,500 years ago.