Originally posted by Karen:
Hi, and welcome to PetoftheDay.com, and to Pet Talk. We did not raise this question, it has been a hot topic of debate in many places for a long time. We decided to make it a poll question partly because of a radio program we heard from New York City, one place where they are outlawed as pets. If you poke around Pet of the Day, and check out the "Previous Pets" you will see many ferrets have been Pet of the Day! (Or you could cheat, and while on Pet of the Day, do a "search" to find just ferrets!) We certainly did not mean the poll to offend anyone, or for anyone to be insulted that the question was asked! We know every pet is special!
Hi Karen,
Thank you for your answer to my post. I understand that you didn't mean the question to be insulting or to offend. I am just upset over the fact that obviously there are people out there voting "no" to this question! I just wish the question was worded differently - it just makes it seem like there is a reason for us not to have our ferrets. Can you imagine the outrage if someone posted the question "should people be permitted to own dogs"? I understand what you are saying though, that you heard the debate in NY and so forth. It's bad enough that there are still states that outlaw ferrets. Like all the other ferret lovers on this thread passionately mentioned, ferrets are such a true joy. They are not just cute, they are truly the best medicine in our life. J.D. put it best really - they can make you laugh and comfort you at any given moment. I just find it sad that there are people coming to this site voting "no" to this poll question. I'm glad Pet of the Day has had ferrets featured, and thank you for pointing that out to me. I'll admit, I hadn't looked, I came here to defend my fuzzbutts! But I can't help wishing that the question of whether or not people should be allowed to have ferrets exists. Unfortunately there are states where the question must be raised in order to change the laws. Please understand it was just disheartening to a ferret lover to be made aware that your site had a question like this as its poll. I'm sure you can understand why initally the reactions would be strong and fast! Would you like to visit our home of 8 ferrets? Here is our link: http://communities.msn.com/MyNorwegi...naventryid=110 I hope you enjoy their photos there. Another post here mentions just what I was thinking - the wording could have been different in the poll question that's all. I hope that everyone out there that makes up the so far 26% that answered "no" to this poll will take some time to really educate themselves on ferrets and maybe even go and meet some ferrets at a local shelter and play with them. Anyway, I'm sure you can tell by all the ferret people here on this thread how much ferrets mean to us in our lives.