and therefore saving the lives of ferrets... Those who look will notice that a range of studies have been helped by the labor or funds provided by ferret people. Recently, the Ferret Health Advancement group work at Michigan State University (See my sig lines.) was noted as being fully funded by ferret people. Not long ago Dr. Robert Wagner of Penn State had a study published for which Barbara Carlson did a good deal of the work and another ferret person funded a decent portion of the study. In the past such donations have helped support a range of studies which have advanced ferret health care and saved ferret lives. Heck, even having ferrets not destroyed after bites was made possible by the data from research that was largely supported by personal donations; at that point it was money given to the Morris Animal Foundation specifically for ferret health study work. The generosity of ferret people can make all the difference in the world on whether such work gets done in the first place. Please, let's all keep such positive changes happening by helping those who help ferrets such as FHA of MSU, Dr. Wagner, the ongoing genetic work of Michelle Hawkins of UC Davis, and the excellent work of other established and credentialed university researchers. Sukie (not a vet) Ferrets make the world a game. Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.miamiferret.org/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) A nation is as free as the least within it. [Posted in FML 7572]