Lesley, may I suggest you climb back up on your soapbox and write a
letter stating what you said to us to the ASPCA? Perhaps if we all took
the time to write to them and state the obvious - that ferrets are the
model and easily contract the flu - it would help make them more aware.

-- 
Renee Downs
"Eventually we will realize that if we destroy the ecosystem
 we destroy ourselves." Jonas Salk
"The most effective way to do it, is to do it." Amelia Earhart
It's amazing how much can be accomplished if nobody cares who
gets the credit!
Ferret Emergency Response, Rescue & Evacuation Team (F.E.R.R.E.T.)
http://www.ferretemergency.org

[Posted in FML 6476]