Sukie, I remember both the instances you site and understand your reasoning. I don't really expect this petition to get the required signatures or have much of an effect if it did. All I hope for is to get the issue before a few more people. In this case I think that the fight to get ferrets legalized in California is going to be a very long haul, mostly because of the nature of the people in charge of the Fish and Game dept. If this petition drive gets some more people acquanted with the problem then that is all I can hope for. I see you have given this a great deal of thought and respect that. At this point I'm ready to back almost anything that will simply introduce more people to the issue. Matt Claus [Posted in FML 7676]