I realized that I failed to point out this important tidbit yesterday, so I present it here: This has been a very public issue with lots of television and newspaper coverage. At the original DOH hearing to ban ferrets, at the City Heath Council hearing, AND at this hearing before Mayor Giuliani -- at no time did any citizen speak against ferrets. Certainly any concerned citizen who wanted ferrets to not be legal would have had the opportunity to speak at at least one of these hearings. The _only_ people who have spoken against ferrets at these hearings have been from the Department of Health, City Council members who were against the bill, and Mayor Giuliani himself. - Eric Modern Ferret Magazine - For ferret owners. By ferret owners. Mary & Eric Shefferman & the Fuzzies: Trixie, Balthazar, Cauliflower, Koosh, and Gabrielle http://www.modernferret.com - http://www.modernferretstore.com [Posted in FML issue 3427]