To anyone concerned about the past post of the supposed "Ferret Pelt" being sold on e-bay please take a clpse look at it. As the seller describes the bottom jaw has a clip and you can clearly see the ball clasp attached to the front foot. The seller only added ferret to the title because occasionally a vintage fur piece from Sears will show up and they used to sell ferret pelts from overseas but it was not refered to as ferret. I don't recall what the name was but some other countries still do process ferrets for their fur. The Angora ferrets were orginally bred for their hides when Soren Thingaard purchased the stock for the pet trade. Rumor has it that when he ran into problems with the government he sold much of his stock animals to a dealer in China as well as keeping some for himself (POW still has adds for the ferrets) There is debate as to what will happen to the ferrets from there if they will be mass bred for pets, food or pelts. Peace Wendy From Harmony House http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7736301588 [Posted in FML issue 5121]