We are not trying to hurt anyone's feelings or stir up trouble. We are just trying to show how somethings might not be the way they seem to non-ferret fanatics. >From: Barbara Westensee <[log in to unmask]> >Then it all falls apart when it shows a ferret with his tail all fuzzed up >biting the arm of the reporter and the owner trying to pull him off. >It seems the news media is our worst enemy--did they HAVE to show the bite >part??? I think not. Maybe we're heretics but we shouldn't blame the news folks for reporting what they saw and dealt with. If the ferret did bite the reporter than somebody goofed. It wan't the reporter who goofed. We ferret folks have to be very careful to prevent these problems. We all know that ferrets bite. We also know that compared to dog and especially cats ferrets are NOT as prone to bite or scratch. No they didn't have to show the bite but unfortunately that makes more exciting "news" than a 100 ferrets not biting. Too bad... We of course strongly agree that ferrets should be legalized and agree with most of what other folks said on this issue. But we can not expect everyone to see things our way. If someone gets bit at an in opportune moment things get worse. We can't blame the media. We just as a group have to be extremely diligent. We have to combat the bite cases but with the truth not by attacking the more or less non-participents. Alienating them will be very bad. This would be when the dog vs. ferret statistics originally done by the AFA based on AVMA statistics and know also published by LIFE to lessen the impact. bill and diane killian zen and the art of ferrets http://www.zenferret.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2175]