>Has anyone noticed that ferrets bite? Even the sweetest, if the >circumstances present themselves, just cannot be trusted. Ok; now ya got me fired up. Your ferrets ALL bite? Well, I'm sorry for you. But your claim that ALL ferrets bite is just as irresponsible as saying that yours NEVER bite. Flower is a 1 1/2 year-old MF sprite, and she would not bite a human if her life depended on it. When I travel with Flower, I feel totally secure that she's the best little ambassador furkind could have. And when she meets new people, they don't get her butt pointed at them, either. What kind of message does that put out? "Better just pet her here, because you never know; she may bite!" When people are handed an unfamiliar kitten, do they say, "Is he a biter?" Of course not! He's a kitten! And Flower's a ferret! What the hell's a "biter"? A new breed of snake? Don't you realize, getting the general public familiar with our little buddies is the only way they can be educated? Bob (Kodo) and Pat (Rocky) were only doing the right thing, for the good of all the ferrets victimized by unfair laws and public ignorance. Sure, they died senselessly, but think of where we'd be today if so much light hadn't been shed on the Kodo situation, which would not have gotten the publicity if Bob hadn't brought him out in public. I commend everyone in California who had the courage to stand up to the government on that day, and I refuse to criticize anyone involved for the decisions they made. Only by taking our fuzzies out and sharing the joy of ferretdom can we, step-by-step, win over the rest of the world; and that simply cannot be done by just showing pictures and telling stories. I guess I've just delurked Michael (Bluejay) [log in to unmask] Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. -- Albert Einstein http://members.tripod.com/~michaeljay/index.html [Posted in FML issue 2187]