Believe it or not that was one of the reasons given for banning ferrets in Massachusetts - the ban was lifted about 10 years ago. I'll try and dig up some of the more wilder excuses given for the current ban in California.
larry At 09:17 AM 12/6/02 -0500, you wrote: >*pitchers a herd of ferrets stalking a herd of sheep for the kill, a little >like tremors coming up from under the ground* >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 9:13 AM >Subject: RE: 8 feet > > > > OK, you realize of course that ferrets are from Europe, while the > > porcupine's range is restricted to the Americas. I'd put this one right up > > there with ferrets stealing sheep. > > > > larry > > > > At 04:26 PM 12/5/02 -0700, you wrote: > > >Did you know that ferrets in the winter in the wild will watch for > > >porcupines. When they see one, they will run up ahead of it, burrow in >the > > >snow to where they think the porcupine will pass. If the porcupine >passes > > >over on the snow, they reach up and gut it and eat it from the stomach >out! > > >DRE > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 4:22 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: 8 feet > > > > > > > > > > > > That was all last winter. > > > > > > > > BTW the ferrets were all wimps! I put them out in the back yard (not > > > > all at once thank goodness), and each one made a bee-line to the back > > > > door. Not one was interested. > > > > > > > > Maybe tomorrow I'll try again. > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > Snow! > > > > >> > > > > >> 8 inches and possibly more. I hope the whole region get snowed > > > > >> under for another few days. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >#$(%*$%^ > > > > >#%^*#%)^*% > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >its december and no snow in anchorage yet. > > > > >it sux > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
