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Date: | Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:27:18 -0600 |
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Hi, Simon!
I volunteer at the Greater Chicago Ferret Assocation's shelter and a couple
years back I was asked to do a ferret pick-up at a local animal control.
When I got to the AC, the AC officer had the critter in a large carrier
outside waiting for me to come. They'd gotten a call from a lady who said
the animal had been trapped in their basement window well...it turned out
the "ferret" was a mink! It surprised me, though looking back, it
shouldn't have, that the AC officer didn't know it WAS a mink!
I found out later that an animal rights group had released all the mink at
a mink farm a couple miles away in another township. To get to the town I
picked him up, this mink had to have survived dogs, people and at least one
major stretch of road. Fortunately, we found a place for him where he need
never worry about being killed for his fur.
And they are beautiful creatures, aren't they?
MJ Frank
[Posted in FML issue 2778]
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