A few sentences from the Bay City Times, Sunday, June 15, 1997:
"Rabies too dangerous to chance, officials say"
"Is any measure too drastic when a human life is at stake?  Bay County
officials didn't think so when they euthanized Kodo, the pet ferret of a
Saginaw man, to perform a rabies test on Thursday.
 
"The disease is "almost invariably fatal," said Dr. Cherie L. Drenzek, an
epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
Atlanta, Ga.
 
And the lucky few who survive go through hell to do so.  In its wake,
rabies - the Latin for "rage" or "fury" - destroys the nerve cells of the
brain....
 
Please read the entire text at <http://bc.mlive.com/news/rabies.htm>
Check out the Kodo coverage for the past week at
<http://bc.mlive.com/news/index.html>
Also check out the news talk forum; there are several posts about Kodo.
 
To counteract some of this propaganda, letters to the editor can be
sent to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
 
Please include your name, address, phone where they can reach you during the
day.  Please be polite but informative.  This paper covered Kodo's story the
past 6 weeks.  Please read the article first and then give them some factual
information.  Lots of misinformation is floating around this paper as in
other places.
 
Ronnie DiComo
[Posted in FML issue 1972]