The American Council on Ferret Health, Welfare and Policy is working on a formal response to the USDA APHIS call for comments on ferret specific regulations. As part of that response, they are compiling a list of specific cases where age of shipment or travel conditions resulted in ferret health issues. If you are aware of specific cases, please e-mail Dr. Freddie Ann Hoffman ([log in to unmask]). Please include: FULL NAME, CITY-STATE, POINT of PURCHASE, # of KITS involved; PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED, INTERVENTION, OUTCOME if known. Avoid mention of specific names of petstores/farms, etc.; just focus on the specific instances where ferret-specific regulations would have helped the ferrets avoid the problems they encountered. Please do not send letters of support for the regulations to Dr. Hoffman, those should go the the USDA. See the IFC website for details on how to submit letters to the USDA. Please send information on specific cases to Dr. Hoffman at [log in to unmask] by October 20 so they can be included in the letter. Thank you! Linda Iroff International Ferret Congress http://www.ferretcongress.org [Posted in FML issue 5021]