Thank you those of you who took the trouble to investigate this subject further..........sorry I've not replied sooner,I'm still catching up after the March! So.........it's illegal to hunt "game" animals with ferrets but not vermin.(Strange that we class rabbits as vermin/pests here not game!)What do prairie dogs class as then?I think the people I've been talking to on the JRT list were planning to use ferrets in conjunction with their terriers for prairie dogs and rats. K. PS.Anyone else noticed that Nanny in 101 dalmations (the old cartoon one) calls one of the Baduns "You big Weasel" like it's the ultimate insult? [Posted in FML issue 2238]