Knock me over with a feather............ I received a call this morning from Rep. DeHart's office informing me that her House Bill 5219 is going before the House Agriculture Committee Thursday, February 12, at 8:45 a.m. This Bill will take the CDC policy and put it into law so the state health department can no longer continue to keep ferret owners confused as to how they stand with regard to the rabies/quarantine issue. To quote Senator Dingell (who has an identical Senate Bill 616 languishing somewhere in the Senate) "....it is better to enact the policy (meaning the CDC policy) into the existing statute than to allow confusion at the local health department level to give excuse to those who would continue killing a beloved pet." For those of you who may want to appear, the hearing will be in Room 424 of the Capitol Building. Dee Beau & Nilla [Posted in FML issue 2214]