Just when you thought all the appliances were safe department-- the other day Ralph crawled into the back of the washing machine after I had turned it on. Naturally I turned it off and retrieved him; not sure why there's a hole back there or where it goes, but who knows where a ferret will end up next!!! "What? I was just trying to see how it works in case it breaks some time." --Ralph, the Maytag Repairman To Hazel, Spenser, Jake and other canines: I like the idea of a ferret mailing list for the purpose of mailing ferrets off somewhere. Maybe we can get that started. The cats say they'll help too. --Max the dog --Ben, Neptune, Thomas & Newbury (cats) "Count us in" --Otto & Wendell (cats) "Aw, they're not so bad, we like wrestling with them and swatting them" Stacy-- I believe HSUS and American Humane Association are 2 separate organizations. As far as I know, AHA works with protecting animals used in movies. They also do some very interesting work trying to show that violent adults often started out as kids who were cruel to animals, hoping to get people to recognize the connection. --Ronnie (the only human in the house, greatly outnumbered) [Posted in FML issue 1240]