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Hello Randy & shelter ops!
This is a REAL DILEMMA and one I used to try to preach to the choir about
LOUYDLY-- but it didn't get a good reception.
AS we see form Randy's accopunting being a small in home rescue and not
registered either as a business, etc. it CAN have severe repercussions.
Heck for us IF we had not been a separate entity from the get go - when
we signed on with our current insurance company.... our home would not
be insured ( personal policy)
We do NOT have liability insurance for the shelter as the purchase price
is $2500.00 plus -- we need to feed & vet the ferrets!!! However the
incorporation of the shelter would be a from of protection IF there was
to be a claim etc., (Then we could close, dissolve the assets and send
the cages as a settlement!
Liability insurance is a hard buy as Randy is finding out. Ferrets are
perceived STILL as vicious animals with the bad press past & present
taking top billing. ANY RISK to insurance profits will make a huge
impact. The dog and humane shelter communities face the same with
specific breeds... We have a hospice home with no insurance because
she adopted a malamute cross from a shelter thus her home is now
un-insurable!
One last time I will urge small shelterers to strongly consider--
incorpoating within your state as a non profit entity. It may indeed
save your home in future days!
Alicia D.
www.ferretwise.org
[Posted in FML issue 4955]
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