[Moderator's note: Not sure why Sukie labeled her post as off-topic. Perhaps the link below isn't ferret-related but the rest of the post is :-) BIG]. <http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2012/11/26/grace_coolidge_the_first_lady_kept_a_raccoon_named_rebecca_in_the_white.html> BTW, there WAS a first lady who brought in ferrets. Caroline Harrison brought them in also for rat control. <http://www.firstladies.org/curriculum/educational-biography.aspx?biography=24> >As if overcrowding wasn't enough, the rat problem was horrible. It had >gotten so bad that Ben's secretary Mr. Halford found a rat in his bed. >Several days later, Caroline found one crawling on her china bureau. >That did it! Within days, she had brought in an army of ferrets to >eliminate the hordes of rats. http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/silveira34.html >"The White House had been infested with rats and she had trained dogs >and ferrets brought in to kill them. She also had the rotten floors >and grease encrusted walls replaced to reduce the vermin problem." > >"Are you saying previous presidents lived there with those problems?" > >"Yes. She also started the tradition of the White House Christmas >tree. But she was more than just a glorified housekeeper. She was >also instrumental in the advancement of women's opportunities. Sukie (not a vet) Ferrets make the world a game. Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.miamiferret.org/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) A nation is as free as the least within it. [Posted in FML 7624]
