>It would appear that the first vasectomies were carried out in the UK >about 1983 ... >Sheila Thank you Sheila for pointing out my mistake, if it was not for you keeping an eye on everything I write, I could end up looking a right fool. As I am still getting over the Encephalitis which started out as Meningitis, which I have suffered over the last three years, it has left me with blanks in my memory, so I can only remember approximate date I have checked on the dates and I should have put 70's to 80's approximately, by my vet who had a practise in Buckinghamshire Tony, SMWR inc. NHFA Site founder, manager, moderator. http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/index.html http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/house-ferrets http://communities.msn.com/UKHouseFerretsSmallPetsAssociation/ Member of http://communities.msn.co.uk/MyNorwegianFerretFamily Articles written for National Magazine, http://www.redpublishing.net/paws/ The views expressed in these postings are my own. Any one who wishes to reuse this should use it in its entirety [Posted in FML issue 3726]