Kevin Please give your roommate a big hug and kiss from me. Well a warm handshake and pat on the back if you prefer. :-) I very much enjoyed and appreciated his letter. We ferret lovers often feel we are fighting our battle alone, but we share much in common with owners of various breeds of dogs. I would guess that far more locations in the US have "vicious dog" bans, often based on breed instead of behavior, than outlaw ferrets. So fellow FMLers, when you see your town, city, county, etc, hysterically calling for a ban on certain breeds of dogs because one mistreated, mistrained or abused animal attacks someone, fight it as hard as you would if it were a proposed ban on ferrets. Because it is the same misunderstanding and misinformation that we all have to combat. Linda Iroff Oberlin, OH Support the Ferrets Unlimited/Raisin Retreat Ferret Shelter by visiting http://www.iGive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=3585&mid=30146 [Posted in FML issue 2758]