I too was outraged at the inaccuracies in the Capital Times' story about ferrets, and I'm glad that whoever posted the summary (sorry, can't remember who it was) is writing to the paper. However, I have to ask if anyone is writing to the Nat'l Association of Public Health Veterinarians, which is where the article author apparently got their statistics. I'd be very curious to find out where this group is getting their numbers. Does anybody know where one can find out? Chris von Seggern Bellingham, WA I am Ferret of Borg Bitter Apple is Irrelevant Litterboxes are Irrelevant Your Socks will be Assimilated [Posted in FML issue 1121]