I would like to thank Chere McCoy, Howard Davis, Jeanne and Floyd Carley, Stephanie and Rick Sheme, Pam Grant, Troy Lynn Eckart, anyone whose name I missed, and all of you who took the time to call or write the Humane Society of the United States to help bring about this important change in HSUS' policy toward ferrets. I would also like to thank Martha Armstrong, HSUS VP for Companion Animals, for her openmindedness and willingness to listen to the truth and make necessary changes to policy. All of us who wrote HSUS protesting their previous policy should now write gracious letters thanking them for the change. Remember: rewards are a better training tool than punishment! Ferrets of the United States do a war dance of victory, and send dooks and kisses to you who worked so hard. I hope the timing of this will provide the last straw for pushing California legalization efforts over the top! Linda, Richard, Joy, Belle and Caruso [Posted in FML issue 1569]