I sent an email to Joel Gilbertson regarding a bulletin on the Alaska Public Health Website regarding Ferrets saying that they were a New Menace to Health (dated 1986!!!) at the request of another FML Member (Please, forgive me, I forgot your name). I asked them to remove the outdated article from the website being that the information is completely outdated, and downright offensive. Here is a copy of the response I received. Dear Ms Cohen, Thank you for your email of June 16. Commissioner Gilbertson referred your question, regarding Epidemiology Bulletin #9, June 6, 1986, "Ferrets -- A New Menace to Health," to me to answer. The Bulletin you refer to is a Bulletin issued in 1986 and, as you point out, is not up to date. We are discussing how to best address Epidemiology Bulletins that were current at the time of publication but are no longer current. Thank you for pointing out this one as an example of a Bulletin needing to either be updated or withdrawn. Our past policy has been to keep all Bulletins available on the website. Due to the questions raised by you and others about this Bulletin, we are readdressing our policy. Sincerely, Louisa Louisa Castrodale, DVM, MPH, DiplACVPM Section of Epidemiology Alaska Division of Public Health 3601 C Street, Suite 540 P.O. Box 240249 Anchorage, AK 99524-0249 ph. (907) 269-8002 fax (907) 562-7802 [Posted in FML issue 4915]