Thank you for being so understanding about rabbits as pets. Yes, French Lops are a wonderful breed of rabbit. I think I understand that you are bothered by seeing body parts of any animal that you have had as a pet on Ebay. And you do not think the use for education is a good reason? Some feel that it is disrespectful to the animal and the ferret should have a burial and not be sold like an old hat on Ebay. Some others think that as long as the animal is not being killed for his/her parts to be sold and will be used to better understand and medically treat ferrets it is ok. I must admit I personally agree with the latter. It doesn't make me think that I am right or you wrong. But I would be very very upset if anyone were to be destroying cats, dogs, and ferrets for the purpose of making money off Ebay by selling their parts. I do not think this is the case for the ferret skull. And, yes, you are right about human parts of Ebay. I have seen supposedly real human shrunken heads for sale...but that is a whole different topic. The other part of my post was to explain the difficulty for Ebay to decide what to ban or not to ban. First of all, I think Ebay should have at least responded back to you. However, if Ebay were to agree with you and remove the ferret skulls, then they would have to agree with those who don't want to see rabbit skulls because they have rabbits for pets. Then Ebay would have to keep banning because of letters untill all animal parts were banned alltogether; one couldn't sell leather boots, or a leather jacket. How do we or Ebay know where to draw the line on what animal part are ok to sell and which ones are not? It is very difficult as this is not a black and white subject. Every person has an opinion where that line is and many disagree on that. I think Ebay has drawn the line where it has because it feels that if they continue to apease every person who wants to ban a product it could go on to the point of not selling leather, or dog food, feather stuffed pillows, anything with animals in it at all. I would love to see Ebay not support the selling of fur products but I understand that Ebay must decide where to draw the line and, also, decide what the majority it ok with. I hope I have made you understand why it is not so simple for Ebay to just stop the selling of a ferret skull. I am sure Ebay recieves emails everyday from members of PETA who are upset by the selling of leather, feathers, and animal food products. We must all try to understand and to a degree accept each other's opinions. We may not completely agree on this topic but, kudos to you for trying and standing up for your beloved pets and what you believe in. As a pet owner (and a ferret owner) I can identify and understand that your love and devotion to ferrets has shaped your opinion and as it has, also, shaped mine. I really think that everyone's opinion on this issue on the list is, in fact, shaped by their love for ferrets. All of us, love and care for ferrets deeply; and that is something we can all agree on. ~Kathryn~ and the fuzzbutts: Charlie, Andy, & Mindy [Posted in FML issue 4761]