If you look in ProMed: http://www.promedmail.org [direct link: http://www.promedmail.org/direct.php?id=20140728.2640450 ] you will notice that numerous parts of the U.S. are going through an upswing in rabies rates, in some places a sharp upswing, in vector animals in recent weeks. For more about rabies prevention look up CDC rabies http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/ and the relevant compendium at the NASPHV website: http://www.nasphv.org/documentsCompendia.html In the past for ferrets rabies vaccinations have protected animals from disease, but have *****protected even MORE ferrets from needless euthanasia***** when scratches or nips have happened outside the ferrets' families. [Posted in FML 8160]