Rabies alert in HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA: <http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story/Hernando-County-issues-rabies-alert/6CAp1Bz3Fka-RikvntQA4g.cspx> PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA shelter approaching goal of 5000 adoptions in 2008: http://www.wpxi.com/news/18295510/detail.html NORTH CALIFORNIA ferret possession charges dropped, but animal cruelty charges not: http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_11243241 WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA shelters feel economic crunch (not uncommon song): <http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081215/ARTICLES/812152998?Title=As_the_economic_crunch_trickles_down__even_animals_are_affected_> Old books about ferrets? Bob Church in on this? <http://www.examiner.com/r-4719396~This_Week_in_the_Book_Section.html> More about books on ferrets: <http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/gift-books-for-the-new-depression/Content?oid=858379> Cold and white in SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, but innovation keeps us warm . . . <http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattle911/archives/157560.asp?source=mypi> Watch out for more impulse buys in TEMPLE, TEXAS: http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2008/12/20/54564 And, the grinch gets the ferrets, too! <http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/2008/12/bernard_madoff_accused_of_stealing_and_finding_true_meaning_of_christmas.php> HILLSBORO, OREGON ferrets rescued from fire: http://www.kuik.com/Article.asp?id=1060269&spid= <http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2008/12/fire_displaces_hillsboro_famil.html> While they are missing or dead in CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: <http://www.caller.com/news/2008/dec/18/family-evacuated-after-house-blaze/> (It is strange. If I lived in CC, still, I would probably have been called to assist this family.) He's back? <http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Mjg1NDMwYjFmNzU0M2I2NzNiYjIxZmVjODEwZWMxODc=> <http://gothamist.com/2008/12/17/rumor_rudy_to_radio_can_we_ask_him.php> -- Renee Downs "Eventually we will realize that if we destroy the ecosystem we destroy ourselves." Jonas Salk "The most effective way to do it, is to do it." Amelia Earhart It's amazing how much can be accomplished if nobody cares who gets the credit! 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 6191]
