Hello all! My husband Len and I have been around since issue 50 or 60, but I rarely post anything. Since we've lived in Ohio for years, I had to say there IS a definite possibility of all Ohio becoming a FFZ. While Ohio allows each county/city to make laws pertaining to ferrets, they refer Qs to a few people who hold the firm and unshakeable opinion that ferrets are wild and should only be kept by people with specialized degrees/skills One of the worst offenders is Jack Hanna, Mr. Jungle himself. You can tell I'm so very fond of him. He's director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and a popular guest on talk-shows, etc. On many occasions I have read about and heard, stated that ferrets are wild/exotic, no one who isn't an expert should own one. According to a Zoo spokesperson, he supports laws to ban them as pets and states they aren't safe and are difficult to keep, as they need their "natural habitat". Yeah, well my fuzzies blow razzberries at the tv when he comes on, cause they love their towels, hammock, and raisins. Try telling my four they can't have them and you just might get lynched! We called the zoo after one of these episodes on the local news and tried to complain, and were told the "gent" we were speaking to had a ferret himself (wonder if HE lives in Columbus too?) and there wasn't a rabies vaccine made for ferrets, and even distemper shots had to be the feline variety as ferret vaccines aren't made....ARGH. Rest assured he got an earful-and-a-half, plus the names and numbers of 5 vets in the area to back us up. We live in Franklin Co. now, and when I called the Health Dept, they said they were no longer (??!!??) interested in coming after ferrets unless there was a noise, health, or bite complaint turned in. We don't entirely trust it. We'd love to hear from folks near here, wasnt there someone in Delaware, oh? that's just a couple miles north of us. Anyway, that's probably my post (and soapbox stand) for the year!! love from, Marya (the mommy) Len/Hawkwind (the daddy) and all the babies: Zach-the-brand-new-human, Molly (grande dame fuzzie) Emma (the enforcer fuzzie!), Grover and Boo-Boo (fuzz-brothers-in-crime). and Herbie, the long-lived Khuli Loach (who hates swimming ferrets) [Posted in FML issue 1160]