I'm a Pediatric ICU nurse. I see damaged kids all the time. Too frequently, the damage was inflicted by humans. I've seen severe trauma caused by dogs and horses, but never by a ferret. A double-standards exists for ferret bites and scratches. Consider the outcome of a vicious, unprovoked horse bite on a young man. The horse was quarantined for 2 weeks. That's all. I can't help thinking that if it had been a ferret, the ferret would have been put to death. What is it that makes society react to ferrets this way? Is it lack of knowledge, or what? *********************************************************** Charissa Ebersole Toledo, OH 43606 email: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] ************************************************************ [Posted in FML issue 2744]