>From:    Ferret McDuff <[log in to unmask]>
 
>Regarding ferret-related human deaths....To my knowledge, in the over 300
>years that ferrets have been kept in this contry there has only been one
>death attributed to a ferret... Some of the bite wounds were over 1.25 inch
>deep?  And the family dog mysteroiusly disappeared about the same time.  ,
>So, to answer your question....Only one, but under suspicious circumstances.
 
According to William Phillips, there was also a lot of blunt trauma...which
points to the *parents*, not the dog.
[Posted in FML issue 1650]