Chris,  there is a move afoot here in Fairfax County, Virginia to ban ferrets.
The law being contemplated by the Fairfax board of supervisors would prohibit
sale of ferrets, require registration of currently owned ferrets, and they
could be kept for the duration of their lives.  The board meets 23 January.  I
plan to attend.  I would appreciate sources of statistics re: rabies incidences
in domesticated animals, occurances of serious bites, and other information
deemed to be useful in countering this stupidity.  My mailing address is:
 
Scott Dudley
 
5611 Ridge View Drive
Alexandria, Va 22310  (703) 960-2189
e-mail or otherwise would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, we need help, yours and that of others.
 
[One or two articles have been posted that might be of use - if you don't
have them, drop me a line.  If anyone else has references that would be
of use to Scott, please e-mail or surface mail them to him, and e-mail
them to me so that I can send them out on the mailing list too.  They
would very probably be of use to others as well.  The e-mail address I use to
get to Scott is "...uunet!vsedev!scott" (he's very easy to get to).
Please note that I've added my home phone number to the information at
the end of the list.  If anyone needs to contact me for any reason (eg:
urgency or e-mail doesn't seem to be getting thru), please don't hesitate
to call.
 
Seeing as our two critters are due for their shots, maybe we could get our
vet to provide some references.
 
Scott - I *strongly* urge that you post this to rec.pets (if you can) as well.
If you can't, let me know and I'll post for you.]
                                                                          
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