I'm sure everyone has, by now, heard about the chimps that seriously and viciously mauled a man in California. His face was chewed off, all fingers on BOTH hands are now gone, his testicles bitten off, his foot mauled. There was an article in the Sacramento Bee newspaper about wild animals and *somehow* this idiot Martarano of the Fish and Game Department has managed to toss ferrets in the list of "wild and ferocious" animals. *sigh* I don't see how chimps (who have more strength than a human) can compare to a ferret. In part, the article states: "California has stringent rules regulating the keeping of exotic animals. Not just lions and tigers and bears, but vipers and ferrets and hares - the state's list of restricted animals fills pages." http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/12528250p-13383674c.html [Posted in FML issue 4811]