Hello all. Something bothers me about this Border crossing discussion. EP Flemyng states that border patrol officers have the right to confiscate your stuff (including animals) and do NOT have to offer you the choice to leave the state. My question is: where do you actually get stopped? If they stop you before you cross or AT the border, they techinically have no jurisdiction other than refusing you entry into their state. If you are in Nevada and you get stopped AT the California border, you are technically still in Nevada and California Law Enforcement officals would have absolutely NO jurisdiction as far as seizing anything goes. I personally do not intend on ever visiting California, definitely not with my fuzzies, and if I ever do and try to sneak them in, as one poster's .sig says: The day they take my ferret from me is the day they pry it from my cold dead fingers. Just my thoughts. Any comments or clarifications? Jim, Kathy, Nibbles and Bits [Posted in FML issue 1280]