I just saw a TV show that everyone might enjoy. The series is "New Wilderness" and the episode is something like "Death of a Forest". There's a lot of really good polecat footage in it. Probably more than "The Cat That Came In From the Cold" which is almost entirely about a polecat family. (I forgot to mention, it's on the A&E channel -- I don't know if any non-cable channels carry it.) It has a lot of footage of baby polecats, polecats hunting, even an "edge of your seat" bout between a polecat and a poisonous snake. It's a really good view of our furries' cousins. [Is this the one with Lorne Greene (the father in Bonanza) narrating? Much as I admire this fellow Canadian's work, this series is more than a bit excessive in staged melodrama. Even worse than Wild Kingdom. However, I don't remember seeing this episode (what can I say, Gregory likes it ;-). Did anybody tape it? It's on CBC here I think.] - Nancy Nancy Hartman CIS graduate student [log in to unmask] U. of Delaware President and founder, Delaware Valley Ferret Club Owner of Percy, Bree, & Popcorn, the ferrets [Posted in FML issue 0387]