If you ever use herbal remedies -- and many of us do for our ferrets as part of their care which is why they often come up as a topic here and elsewhere -- PLEASE, be Earth-friendly by INSISTING on ONLY using ones which are NOT wild-harvested. Insist that they be farm-grown. Check before you buy, please -- even if it means calling the manufacturers and urging them to not use wild-harvested and to note source type on the packaging. The number of such plants which have now become endangered due to the herbal medicine industry endangered is enormous: many THOUSANDS which could go extinct and their extinctions could kill other plants and animals. We are talking about thousands of species now directly in danger of being lost due to the herbal medicine industry. See: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/01/09/herbal.remedies.reut/index.html and watch http://www.plantlife.org.uk/ for future information. [Posted in FML issue 4388]