NY City Council Member Una Clarke (D-Brooklyn) voted NO on approving the ferret bill (INTRO 627a) in the Health Committee two weeks ago, and today her staff assistant told me she was unlikely to change her vote next week at the full council vote. Council Member Clarke still believes ferrets are wild animals and has spoken to Health Commissioner Neal Cohen and believes his anti-ferret propaganda. I spoke at length about the disputed issues with her assistant, who seemed helpless to influence her boss's mind. Despite the fact that she has constituents who own ferrets, she is term-limited out this year, and she has a real nasty and dismissive attitiude. So she needs to feel the wrath of her constituents and other New Yorkers about her intolerant, ignorant attitude NOW. Please call her and voice your feeling about her refusal to weigh in on the facts. Phone calls do work with politicians, and the more the better. Una Clarke district office: 718-287-8762 fax: 718-287-8917 City Hall office: 212-788-7352 fax: 212-788-8087 [Posted in FML issue 3405]