Gale Putt wrote: >I will add though that although there is no rabies on Long Island, all dogs >and cats are required to have a rabies vaccine and I strongly suggest it for >ferrets traveling through these areas. You're kidding, right? There's rabies all over the Northeast, and Long Island is no exception. Only last year I was at a conference at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (right next to Huntington), and had to call the authorities about a severely rabid raccoon in their parking lot. It was in the final stages (staring, foaming at the mouth, the works), and they'd been chasing it for days. A few years before that, I encountered a rabid woodchuck in a state park near Rochester. I trapped it in a garbage can (not the best course of action, I know, but there were children nearby). Rabies is on the rise, and it's not to be taken lightly. [Posted in FML issue 0903]