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Date: | Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:27:58 EST |
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Ed Lipinski said
>Believe it or not, some ferrets have been killed and/or severely injured
>by humans who, not ever having seen a ferret before, regard a ferret
>pleading for help by placing its forepaws on their leg as a wild animal
>about to attack them, and without a tinkle-bell collar, they are not
>recognized as a loving pet, but rather as a savage animal in the throes
>of its initial attack mode.
Some of you may have heard this story of mine, so I'll tell the short
version. I got my first 2 ferrets, Brutus and Cleo from Ed in 1996. I
also got 2 of his chain collars. Brutus was wearing his collar when he
escaped and ran 2 houses down, into the open back door and into the shower
with my neighbor. When she finished screaming, she noticed the collar
and realized he was a pet and not the rabid raccoon she had thought.
Her husband put Brutus into a dog carrier where I found him a half hour
later. = )
cb
[Posted in FML issue 3337]
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