Hello I was reading the Chicago Tribune this morning(Sat.) and there was an article about exotic pets in the suburbs. Overall, the story was very positive towards ferrets, especially one named Mousy. I guess that Mousy excaped from his house and the neighbor complained to the police. To make a long story short, Mousy's owner was able to convince the city of Rolling Meadows (currently a FFZ) to allow ferrets, with a few rules: have to have rabies shots, wear an id collar and cannot be outside unless they are on a leash or in a carrier. The loss of another FFZ is good for us, but there was one part of the story that had me in tears(from laughter). It said that there were such strict rules about ferrets because they were afraid that too many would be let loose(in the wild) and that they would kill off other animals that live in the wild. I give the writer of the article credit for his positive report on ferrets, but obviously he didn't do his research quite as well as he thought or he would have realized that ferrets won't kill other animals because they would die themselves after a couple of days in the wild. Lisa [Posted in FML issue 1180]