Someone recently posted this URL to the FML (actually, the URL they posted was not correct, but I found the relevant info on my own ;)). I checked into it, and wrote to their contact person.... ----begin wisc.edu response to my email----- >From: Larry Jacobsen <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Website >Hillary, > >We are checking on the Web link you mention. I am not sure what the >domestic ferret has to do with primatology, we we will look into it. Thank >you for drawing our attention to this matter. > >Larry Jacobsen >Primate Info Net Coordinator >Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center >University of Wisconsin-Madison ----end wisc.edu response to my email---- ----begin my email to wisc.edu---- >Hi. I am greatly concerned re: the documentation at the above mentioned >website. It states that the domestic ferret (mustela putorius furo) is a >WILD animal that attacks babies in cribs. This is not true, mustela >putorius furo has been domesticated for about 2000 years! Furthermore, the >"attacks infants" thing is an old wives' tale, just like cats sucking >babies' breath. I'm disappointed to see this on an academic site. Please >advise about any corrective action you may be taking. Thanks! > >Hillary Gorman -----end my mail to wisc.edu---- Just thought y'all would be interested. h. hillary gorman http://www.hillary.net [log in to unmask] "to err is human; to moo, bovine." [Posted in FML issue 1917]