Ferret owners and potential ferret owners of Massachusetts, here's our chance! I received a letter from the United Ferret Organization stating that house bill #5093 which is to legalize the ownership of ferrets in Massachusetts is coming up for vote. The final bill is being voted on before December. The letter asks that you write a letter supporting the bill to Thomas M. Finneran, Home (sic) Ways and Means Chairperson, State House, Room 243, Boston MA 02133. It also asks that you write your state senator and representative. The effort is being coordinated by Gerry Collins who can be reached at (617)286-3377 to answer questions. Sigh, to think that there might be a day when I don't have to tell solicitors at my door that "It just looks like a ferret, it's really a rare breed of Mongolian swamp rat". [Posted in FML issue 0642]