Research Paper

I have a few good ideas of what I want to do my research on. My problem is I don't know if either will work for this paper. My first choice would be to write about black-footed ferrets because they are interesting creatures and it is controversial to keep prairie dogs around to save the black footed ferret. Would I be doing the research on prairie dogs or the black footed ferret? Second I would like to write about the cure for AIDS or Cancer. Would it be difficult to find research done on that? Another subject that would be a possibility would be a way to prevent second-hand smoke. I am not real interested in smoking, but it hurts everyone's health so I would try to find enough research together to find a solution. I wouldn't even know where to start if I had to write about something like that. I think the class session today really helped me and was really beneficial to everyone in the class. It helped me find little topics that I could write about for the black footed ferret. I was very excited when people started asking me all sorts of questions about it because I am very interested in wildlife especially the black footed ferret. I was surprised with all the ideas that everyone else came up with. I liked the "class therapy" today because it was great to hear other people's views on certain issues. I was very intrigued by what topics were brought up and class. I hope there are more days like these because I think it was very beneficial.