Richmond Ferret Rescue League wrote: >Hi there! I just wanted to throw is my comment - ferrets are not wild. The >Black Footed Ferret is, true, but the domesticated (hints the name - >domesticated) ferret is NOT wild. They have been domesticated as long, if >not longer than the cat. They are tame - as tame as their species will get. >Thats just my 3 cents. Jammy Blackburn THe term wild does in fact apply to the ferret, and also the house cat. If your dog bites someone, you are liable for damages and a lawsuit where a dog pet is not a wild animal, is truly domesticated and owned and controlled by it's owner. If your cat, or ferret bites, tuff shit; you cannot be sued where they are not real or chattel property and cannot be so controlled or trained by any entity. It (they) is wild in the eyes of the law. ANd that is the context I presented. It is a legal construct and not to infer in any definition ferral or otherwise unattended lifestyle. A Ferret is a wild animal. A house cat is a wild animal. I am a wild animal where I also fail to fall into those definitions. Oh, you also are a wild animal! You cannot be owned, thanks to President Lincoln! Ha! Put that in your mashed potatoes! [Posted in FML issue 2854]