Sukie, I don't know if this answers your question, but on the PETA page about the Marshall Farms issue, there's a link to a letter about the issue from another organization .. the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine. That letter has a phone number and fax number on it, as well as the name of the person who signed it (Dr. Neal Barnard, M.D.). You should be able to follow up with that person for independent confirmation, I would imagine. The URL is: http://www.peta.com/marsh/pcrm.gif They also list another organization which apparently also independently filed a similar petition to PETA's (about Marshall Farms). Hopefully, they could provide some information for you, too. That organization is the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights, and I was able to find a Web site for them at: http://www.avar.org/ I didn't see ferrets listed as either "domestic" or "wild" on PETA's site. I think they referred to them as "pet animals" a couple of times, but that was about it ... - Ela Ela Heyn Harborside Mail Stop 3024 201-860-3336 [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2907]