Howard, Thanks for posting the HSUS letter. I went from upset to down-right red faced angry--even more so when I also saw the 1992 statement. Maybe I should have cooled down a little more, but I already fired my letter off. Here are a few excerpts: **** And you have the audacity to say, "The HSUS is not anti-ferret." I m sorry, but I have to say that supporting such laws [the California ban] IS not only anti-ferret, but ACTIVELY anti-ferret. **** ARg! I think he is digging a deep hole here--and this is what really ticked me off. The other thing I though really added fuel to the fire was their "government knows what's best for me" attitude by supporting FFZs. With that kind of political philosophy, I bet he is glad he is not an elected official last October <g>. He says Cats and Dogs are a problem (overpopulation, etc), so he goes after ferrets. I have no problem with prevention, but this is over-reaction. He seems to refuse to accept that their position has been FACTUALLY debuked -- and completely ignores our cries of foul play. I personally feel that, by this time, they should have been enlightened on the facts. Continuing to recite old rhetoric and ignore substantive fact *really* makes them look awful in my book--from possibly ignorant to down-right deceitful. Has anybody talked to this bird? I'll wait to call when I can be a bit more civil. I also think it is funny that I was orignally just hoping to stop their anti-ferret actions. Now, I don't think I could settle for anything but seeing them become actively pro-ferret. To Jim: My deepest sympathies regaurding Cody. [Posted in FML issue 1233]