To Urban Fredriksson: Appreciated your informative discussion of ferret taxonomy. >> My opinion is that all, or practically all, our ferrets are actually polecat-ferrets, if perhaps not to a large amount (I've got two that are at least 1/8:th) and that it doesn't make any difference as to whether they can become feral or not. The problem is, authorities in ferret-unfriendly places like California are always contending that "feral colonies" of ferrets can pose an ecological problem, ravaging other other species that are presumed to be more desirable. It has become the conventional wisdom in the US to say that such colonies do not and cannot exist, since our ferrets lack the skills to survive in the wild. Another ramification: Some ferret owners contend that so-called "fitch ferrets" of mixed blood are significantly more aggressive than "true domestic" ferrets; hence it would be the former, rather than the latter, that should be blamed for the rare instances of infant mauling which the antiferret crowd seize upon so zealously. To Russ Hazzon: No objections to starting a newsgroup, but I'd hate to see it *replace* the FML, simply because to me it's much more convenient (scooping down 1 issue per day) than following newsgroups (10-50 per day). Re: Ferret Freedom Fighters You all should be aware that the CDFA, according to the latest issue of Ferret Focus, its newsletter, now "boasts" Marshall Farms Ferrets as one of its sponsors. If the subject were canines rather than ferrets I would be tempted to point to the old adage, 'Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.' To FA Link: >> So if your local WWIV BBS doesn't carry the Ferret Legalization Update sub, it is available on WWIV-Net and you may be able to talk the SysOp into carrying it. I'm sure several of us would be interested in getting the Update. Is there some central place where one can find lists of local WWIV BBSs or WWIV-Net contact numbers? Howard Davis [Posted in FML issue 1066]