Dear all, I am quite a bit behind in the Harry Potter movement, but have recently started reading the series of books. I have seen a disturbing trend in these books - Ferrets are not ever put in a good light. The two best examples I can give you are as follows: In the third book, the Hogwart's gamekeeper is sheltering a half eagle half horse creature in his cabin. At one point when Harry and his friends come to visit the gamekeeper, a fairly detailed description of how the creature is eating and crunching on a bowl of dead ferrets is given. In the fourth book, which I am currently reading, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher turns the school bully into a ferret for punishment and slams the transfigured student into the floor and walls repeatedly. I do not find these occurances of ferrets in the famous book series appropriate or in good taste. What are your thoughts on the subject? From: Lori and Rat's Brats $200 Left to raise for Loki's surgery - Visit Turn Back the Clock DVDs to help: stores.ebay.com/turnbacktheclockdvds [Posted in FML issue 4375]