Hi there, I have never posted on the ferret mailing list but I read it daily and thought I'd share what I know about service animals. Here is a site that answers most common questions: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/animal.htm I found this document to carry great weight when I had trouble with an apartment complex who said I could not have any visitor's with a service animal (it was a dog in this case). They were breaking their own policy and ultimately once I handed them this document I had no further trouble. Ferrets are not excluded as service animals. And all the info Anne gave about the laws were completely right. I am not sure of what task a ferret might perform to help someone with a disability. But I'm sure you'd all agree, ferrets can be trained to do certain tasks. So how can we say that a ferret could NOT be a service animal? I totally agree that ferrets would be a great therapy animal though. Cherie [Posted in FML 5793]