Tammy and Jinx write >I was talking to this older fellow and he told me that about 15-20 years >ago, he baught a black footed ferret from a small town pet store Fifteen to 20 years ago, the black footed ferret was among the most endangered mammals in the world. It was just about 20 years ago that the last 18 in existence were captured in an attempt to save the species. After a shakey start, the program is going fairly well, with hundreds of bffs being bred by several zoos across N. America, and a handful of reintroduction sites. (I don't think any of these are self-sustaining yet.) The ferret the old fellow bought at the pet store was certainly a domestic ferret with black feet. Linda Iroff Oberlin OH [Posted in FML issue 3530]