Hi All and Anon While on the one hand I don't want to pick a fight, on the other I don't want to see misinformation about ferrets on the FML. Ferrets can and do kill rabbits, it can happen when hunting rabbits with ferrets. A ferret catches and kills the rabbit (rather than just scare it into the waiting nets like its supposed to), eats a bit of it and then goes to sleep underground, a term for this behaviour is that a ferret has "laid up". It is because of this behaviour that radio locator collars are used so that the person rabbiting can retrieve their ferret. Some references: Ferrets Taking their Work & Welfare into the 21st Century, by Simon Whitehead, publ. 2000 Pakefield Ferrets, Lowestoft, Suffolk (UK) p72 "killing down" referred to in http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ferreter/trouble.htm http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ferreter/code.htm also refers to ferrets killing while rabbiting By the way I don't claim to be an expert on the topic of ferreting/rabbiting at all, I just know that it happens! Dogs can kill too, my partner's parents used to take 3 dogs out and they would act as a pack and hunt, kill and eat rabbits. As previously discussed on the FML Cats are renowned for killing wildlife. The anti ferret law in California is ridiculous but it is a fact that Ferrets (and cats and dogs) are carnivorous animals. I understand that cats and dogs are legally kept as pets in California... Right I'm off to hug my bloodthirsty kritters, take care all : ) C [Posted in FML issue 4300]