Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper Science Fiction Adventure

<p><strong>The planet Zarathustra is listed as uninhabited -- which means that the entire planet can be owned by a corporation.</strong> That owner is the rich and happy Zarathustra Company -- rich and happy that is until a prospector named Jack Holloway comes across undocumented species -- a tiny golden-furred little biped that he dubs Little Fuzzy. Not only are the Little Fuzzies cute they're bright too -- in fact they may be sapient as people are . . . and that means everything the Zarathustra company owns on this world is at stake. . . .</p>