This is not a recent issue. A few months ago, while surfing the web, I read an article about a family coming to California from out of the country. They were coming for a job, and had a pet ferret. They asked the American consulate (I think, my details are a little sketchy) in the country they were coming from and were told that they could bring their ferret to the US if s/he had appropriate shots and proof of this. When they entered CA, their ferret was confiscated and they were told that they were illegal in California. They wanted to make arrangements to send the ferret back to family at home or to someone in this country that would take care of it, but the authorities at that time weren't letting the family make these arrangements. This is all the information I remember and I have been trying for a couple of weeks to find the original article or further information. Does anyone else know anything about this? Debbie & Jim Pixie (The one in charge) [Posted in FML issue 2210]