Hi Everybody.. I received many e-mails as expected in response to my post re: rabies shedding studies... Two were here on the list... If you will review my original post on this subject you will find I asked for people to gain education before acting.. period! Our Moderator on this list, Bill Gruber, has made it plain that humane issues such as animal rights and animal testing are not appropriate on this list.. and he is RIGHT!! Every on line service has given these topics and related ones sections in the Animal Forums all their own.. and when threads drift into these areas their moderators move them to the areas set aside for them.. the Internet has newsgroups, bulletin boards, and numerous sites devoted to this area of interest. and the web has [I think] even more.. I did not, and do not here, address these issues.. I simply ask, for the peace of mind of the ferret owners on this list, that before you send money you research carefully what is entailed in these 'studies' and make an informed decision before participating financially in something you may later [when you find out the cost in suffering and life] find personally utterly insupportable. AND THAT IS ALL I ASKED! thank you... dayna and the Woozles :] [Posted in FML issue 1705]