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Anonymous
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You people need to read before you write. Ferrets are thouroughly domesticated and many varieties are now completely unsuitable for hunting of any sort.
To the former poster, the reason ferrets are outlawed in many places in the US is because elected officals with no knowledge of biology make laws. Ferrets are listed as 'wild animals' even though they have been domesticated for over 1000 years and have, just like dogs, cats, and cows, no wild counterparts (though they can successfully interbreed with European polecats, although the hybrids are rarely fertile).
To the latter poster, human companionship is a function. Cats and dogs don't usually do anything 'useful' in homes, though I would suspect you would not approve of a 'useless' dog or cat being kept either. I don't expect to change your mind because you're clearly laboring under ideals that are radically divergent from those of most other people, but you should consider that domesticated animals are human inventions and as such we are the ones who define their uses, whether it is mousing, hunting, or just sitting around being pretty.
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