Thought I'd add something and give Jimbo a bit to think about. I've mentioned I work in security system design for the Feds. One project in my division is a test deployment of a sensor system for INS. It is a heartbeat and breathing detector that will be used to check at international borders for illegal aliens in trunks etc. as cars drive by. Any enforcement stops would be made further down the road to add to the confusion of how the bust was made. We have used this sensor in other applications and can reliably detect a mouse at 50 feet. People would be no problem. While this is a pure test right now, and the system is expensive, the trend in this area is for cheaper and better. It is a long way from being deployed by states at their borders, but someday - who knows. I just want to give you smugglers a very long term heads up that you will need to refine your methods. We could pick up ferrets on the fly with roadside detectors using current equipment. Hopefully, there will be no FFZs to enforce by then. Even if there is, no system is unbeatable. Only somebody who can play with the system can know its limitations. I like to play (my ferrets do too - Jenn Eric). Jimbo, I'm not the enemy it might seem. I took an oath to defend the constitution and I figured the best way to effect change is to steer from the inside. As Dr. Williams mentioned a while ago, the best way for ferrets to be legal on military bases is for the base vet to say they are OK. That word is worth hundreds of other voices to the base commander. I try to do the same with how technology is used. Don't forget, I own ferrets in an FFZ and have for many years. There are bad interpretations of the law and not all of us in the gov. want to control everybody else. We have to live here too. ( )--(a) (@=@=) \ Till next time.......Rudy the ferlosopher O__) \ \___ \ \ /\ * ) \ [Posted in FML issue 1280]