Roanoke, Virginia area has Rabies Awareness Week with low-cost clinics: <http://www.wsls.com/sls/lifestyles/health_med_fit/article/rabies_clinics/6951/> 14 ferrets removed from Southbridge, Massachusetts home: http://www.telegram.com/article/20080308/NEWS/803080341/1008/NEWS02 (These ferrets will be placed in the care of Massachusetts Ferret Friends (www.maferrets.org). The family will be allowed to keep the four oldest ferrets, but the other 10 will be vetted, vaxed and adopted out.) Pennsylvania teenager talks about her two ferrets: http://www.centredaily.com/living/story/452847.html Scottsdale, Arizona Fire Dept. gets animal oxygen masks that also fit ferrets: http://www.evliving.com/cities_news.php?action=fullnews&id=9062 Raindrops on roses & whiskers on kittens (my favorite things): <http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/teenagers-view/Some-might-consider-my-favourite.3850407.jp> Not just the USA that has issues: http://www.macarthurchronicle.com.au/article/2008/03/04/4558_news.html Prairie dog poisoning again - this time on Sioux land (OT, but appears to be big news in SD): ,http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/03/08/news/top/doc47d1ed5634eb7119467151.txt. http://www.kxmc.com/News/216973.asp <http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2008/03/09/news/south_dakota/30f9d27025ac62dd8625740700081c0e.txt. Miracle Kitten (OT): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080308/ap_on_fe_st/odd_rescued_kitten -- Renee Downs It's amazing how much can be accomplished if nobody cares who gets the credit! "The most effective way to do it, is to do it." Amelia Earhart Ferret Emergency Response, Rescue & Evacuation Team (F.E.R.R.E.T.) http://www.ferretemergency.org [log in to unmask] International Ferret Congress http://www.ferretcongress.org American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org [Posted in FML 5907]