I can report that when my husband was in the Netherlands for a conference a couple years ago, he saw ferrets in the grocery store. No not in the meat section (sorry, couldn't resist!) The pair were in a cart being wheeled around the store by their owners. He chatted with them briefly. Europeans seem to be much less paranoid about allowing animals into grocery stores and restaurants than we Americans are. Linda Iroff Raisin Retreat Ferret Shelter Oberlin, Ohio http://www.oberlin.edu/~liroff/ncfs.html To help in raisin' funds for the Raisin Retreat, go here http://www.igive.com/html/ssi.cfm?CID=3585&MID=30146 [Posted in FML issue 2579]