>Besides, who here vacations even in Ohio? We have. Ohio offers a LOT for vacationers at reasonable cost and much of the state is very pretty. We've thought of parts of that state as among our possible retirement locations. It actually has a very LARGE tourism industry. BUT we won't vacation in Ohio this year and we DO want conditions like those documented at the MacKay farm to improve, so there is no good reason to not combine the two and use tourist attractions and the tourism board to help press for improvements in animal welfare. Don't equate changes to stop inhumane actions with local animal number restrictions, please. (BTW, some animal number restrictions make sense because they stop the abuse of animal hoarding, but extreme restrictions make no sense to me.) Regulations are NOT "all or nothing"; there is such a thing as moderation, at least for most of us. A great many states have more protection for animals than Ohio has and those of us (including us) who are in those states still manage to have happy multi-species families. In fact, some of us have been directly helped by such laws, like when we found a pet store that was not providing medical care for sick animals there and NJ State made them care for the critters. Shades of gray, please! It is interesting that you both try to imply that no one vacations in Ohio but also try to stop people from letting those vacation places know why they won't be vacationing there this year. You can't have it both ways... Sukie (not a vet) Current FHL address: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5543]