Tue Mar 10, 1992 at 18:32 EST EMERGENCY: POTENTIAL FERRET BAN OF FERRETS IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN PROCESS. H.B. 4325 will permit ownership of ferrets, but will ban sale, breeding, transference of ownership, transport, and rabies vaccination of ferrets in the State of SC. Bill passed subcommittee and is now pending vote of full House Committee. What is needed is Scientific, VET MEDICAL, and Official statements supporting usefulnes of rabies vaccine in ferrets; not needed: personal opinions from owners. IF YOU LIVE IN SC or neighboring states, please E-mail or telephone your name, address and phone # immediately. We will pass these on to Sharon McKenzie. She is having extreme difficulty generating local support from ferret owners in her state to counter this bill. PLEASE NOTE: AFA, FURO, and other organizations will be supplying appropriate information to the Committee. However, a letter from veterinarians would be useful. Currently the state has a suit pending against a vet who vaccinated a ferret against rabies. They have stripped him of his license. AFA will obtain the SC vet med assocation's address/phone. More later. [reposted from GEnie, Pet-Net, Ferret Central for Dr. Hoffman, VP, American Ferret Association]. ---------- Followup to: [log in to unmask] (Chip Gallo) F.Hoffman3 (GEnie) 301-424-0199 (voice) [end of forwarded message] [Posted in FML issue 0230]