>From: Georgette Peters <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Fitch Fur?? Not a good topic for the squeamish... Fitch can be used interchangeably with ferret but it is normally used to denote either the pelt of a ferret or a ferret bred for its pelt. It is not normally used to describe hunting animals in particular. Fitch fur is a low grade fur and is used as a poor man's mink. It is not a desired fur. Mink ranchers normally keep some ferrets around as a cheap animal that acts as a "canary in a coalmine" to get sick before their more valuable mink. bill and diane killian zen and the art of ferrets http://www.zenferret.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2291]