>From: Ferret McDuff <[log in to unmask]> >Regarding ferret-related human deaths....To my knowledge, in the over 300 >years that ferrets have been kept in this contry there has only been one >death attributed to a ferret... Some of the bite wounds were over 1.25 inch >deep? And the family dog mysteroiusly disappeared about the same time. , >So, to answer your question....Only one, but under suspicious circumstances. According to William Phillips, there was also a lot of blunt trauma...which points to the *parents*, not the dog. [Posted in FML issue 1650]