>Ok don't flame me for cruelty to Goldfish. [clipped story of sacrificing living fish to amuse ferrets} RESPONSE: Why shouldn't one be 'flamed' for such a horrible practice? (and yes, that's a serious question asking for an explanation). OPINION: It's one thing to buy 'food' for animals that need such a diet, but to torture (and yes, I would consider fish dying from suffocation and mauling torture) an animal just because it's cheap and 'expendable' is as humane and letting a pack of dobermans loose in a room full of ferrets. CONCLUSION: Please don't try this at home. Fish are animals who feel pain and fear and CAN die traumatic deaths. -Erin... ========================= Mr. Erin M. Ennis | Any sufficiently convoluted argument can eennis(at)zoo,uvm,edu | be made to appear to be science as the Water Resources Major, | layman equates incomprehensibility with Biology Minor | science. -Unknown Uni. of Vermont | ========================= [Posted in FML issue 2323]