http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer? pagename=emergency&autologin=true&AddInterest=2284 http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/odd2.jsp Pensacola, FL: man trying to kill 7 dogs is shot by one of the dogs. He is charged with animal cruelty. Okay, not ferrets, but fitting, and anyone who will abuse one type of animal is likely to abuse another type, plus a large number also are or become abusers of humans, esp. those unable to defend themselves such as children, the handicapped, the elderly, those under their power (people they can order around or whom they can abuse secretly), etc. These are dangerous people without regard for other's pain, lives, and self-sovereignty. Here are some resource sites for those who are going after individuals who commit cruelty against animals, including illegal cruelty against ferrets; note that some resources are form places like the FBI and Health and Human Resources, and many journals form psychiatric ones to International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (45(5), 556-573): http://www.vachss.com/help_text/archive/pets_dv_nydn.html Daily News article on the NYC Prosecutor's office and connection to relationship violence http://www.vachss.com/guest_dispatches/ascione_3.html from Journal of Emotional Abuse, Vol 1 (1) 1998 http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/awa.htm USDA Animal Welfare Act http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/publications.html USDA animal care publications and policies http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=lobby_statelawcards animal cruelty statutes for each state, may not be up to date. http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p000425.html from Psychiatric Times www.spca.bc.ca/link/pbrochure.pdf SPCA brochure http://familyvio.ssw.fsu.edu/rural/animal-ch2-6.html chapter summaries from book, _The Dynamics of Domestic Violence_ http://www.vachss.com/guest_dispatches/ascione_2.html from Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation http://www.vachss.com/guest_dispatches/ascione_1.html from Society and Animals, 1997 5(3) http://www.arkonline.com/kittlesphyc.html Profile of an animal abuser http://www.childresearch.net/CYBRARY/NEWS/200003.HTM The Brown University Child and Adolescent Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter Vol. 16, No. 3, March 2000 http://www.americanhumane.org/site/ PageServerpagename=lk_resource_center_bib_domestic American Humane Society bibliography on the topic http://www.animaltherapy.net/Abuse%20publications.html Latham Foundation bibliography and resource list http://www.imom.org/voices/beyond.htm www.hsus.org/firststrike/ Humane Society of U.S. The First Strike(r) campaign www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=lk_resource_center from American Humane Society animal abuse pasts of some famous murderers http://www.aardvarc.org/dv/pets.shtml bibliography and resources from An Abuse, Rape, and Domestic Violence Aid and Resource Collection http://www.vachss.com/help_text/animal_di.html a bibliography and resources http://www.the animalspirit.com/page12.html a bibliography [Posted in FML issue 4631]