Hello! My name is Bettina Rister and I am from Alabama, and due to a recent Pet Fair we had where some wonderful Ferret Rescue people came with all sort of information and loving ferrets, I have become a ferret junkie! I hope to get my first ferret with in the next few months and am joining the list to learn more about our "slinky" friends before he gets here. I look forward to meeting many of you and learning a lot. I am also a very big Dog person....owning 2 scottish terriers (who by the way got to play with the ferrets at the event and got on MARVELOUSLY) and a mixed breed, and 3 cats. I am active in rescue, and hopefully one day....when I know enough about ferrets, I will actively rescue them too! I am also very active in our local kennel club, and love to do public education activities as well. I hope that I can help with the rabies shed study in some way or another.... I am also a VERY BIG idea person....if you can think it....I WILL find a way to get it done....provided I have the time <bG>. I am 23 y/o single and am attending college to become an animal behaviorist/psychologist.... About Kodo....why dosn't some one go for MEDIA COVERAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing like bad press to change a judges mind, or make a lot of animal people ANGRY. Some one call Hard Copy....or some thing like it and tell them about the injustice that is going on....Heck! I am sure they have a web site...if several of us sent Email about Kodo...they may pospone his execution or set him free...this can also offer an opportunity to talk about the rabies shed study, and educate people about the gentleness of ferrets... Just a thought. Maybe somebody with all the details can get this thing going. Hope this helps! Bettina Rister and ??????? the soon to be Ferret! [Posted in FML issue 1927]