Hi there. Mary ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>I saw the segment on Pet line about the 12 ferrets too.  Did anyone else
>pick up on that the female Dr. was just about to say "ferrets are wi" when
>she got interrupted?  They have said once before I believe that ferrets
>are wild animals and I think she was about to say it again.  How do we get
>the word to them that they're NOT?
 
Hmmm, if this is the programme with the two hosts (one male, one female -
used to be married, therefore same last names) that have people send video
copy of their pets and then talk with them via phone connection to discuss
the problems and potential ways to fix them... Then... going from what I've
seen of the show, I believe there's no way she'd be saying they're wild.
 
I saw a show done by them several months ago and they introduced the ferret
segment by saying "This is my favourite pet" for showing video etc...
Now... that doesn't seem (to me anyway) that the same people would claim
they're wild.
 
I haven't seen the programme you're referring to, so I could be mistaken
about which show you're talking about.  However, it sounds a lot like the
one I'm thinking of...
 
I have heard of another show which aired late last year where they claimed
that ferrets were wild.  However, that show they had ferrets actually on
the 'set' and being handled with thick gloves :o0 - wow, heaven forbid the
person gets scratched!!
 
If I'm wrong (which is possible ;o) I'm often wrong!!) then I apologise
now.  However, I believe it's often a good idea to give people (even those
on TV <G>) the benefit of the doubt.  She may've even been ready to say
they're wildly mischievous hehehe (or she could've been saying they're wild
animals that need constant supervision since they steal babies breath and
savagely attack Rottweilers in their (the ferrets that is!) sleep <G>)
 
Personally, now that I'm back in New Zealand, I'd like to see *any* mention
of ferrets on TV that doesn't say how they viciously attack kiwis, kill
native fauna, and are savage wild beasts that'll shred your arm to pieces
if you approach them <sigh> and you guys think the publicity in America is
bad...
 
Sam
[Posted in FML issue 2440]