This morning I watched a show called "Dr. Bernie's Pet Connection" (I think - I just blanked on the name). One of the segments was on a group called CARE - Children and Animals Relating to the Elderly. It showed several children with hearing problems and they were visiting elderly people and brought pets along. There were rabbits, hamsters, I think I saw a cat, and a couple of times they showed a young girl with a ferret. It might have been a female ferret, but it looked pretty big to me - possibly a male. I was glad to see them showing a child handling a ferret and handing the ferret to an older person - shows how *dangerous* ferrets are if a child can control it. Inez [Posted in FML issue 0691]