JMarch wrote: "People who believe in personal freedom are going to display it in a wide range of ways. I'd be willing to bet NH isn't a kill&test state." No, NH is not a kill and test state. As Governor Shaheen wrote in her proclamation marking June 12 "Ferret Appreciation Day," NH was the first in the nation to have a statewide quarantine law for vaccinated ferrets. The law was signed on June 12, 1995, prior to the completion of even the first US ferret rabies shedding study. It was passed unanimously by both the House and Senate on the basis of the effectiveness of the rabies vaccine; the European Shedding Study results; and the low number of rabid ferret ever found in the US. Without the shedding study results, however, we did have to accept compromises. These included a 45 day in-house quarantine for vaccinated ferrets, and a mandatory kill and test for unvaccinated ferrets. At the time it was the best we could do, and it saved many ferret lives. It also ended the propaganda being sent out by the State Public Health office to schools, doctors and others calling ferrets a "high risk for rabies." This year we intend to go back in using: the recent US shedding studies; the bat rabies studies found by Troy Lynn Eckart; and other statistics to amend to law to grant a 10 day quarantine for both vaccinated and unvaccinated ferrets, much like the recent MA ferret policy. Dick B. [Posted in FML issue 1964]