People..  please use your brains.  Tis a sad world when we over-react and
make ourselves look like less than we are.  That is caring and loving our
ferrets deeply and trying to educate the public.  This is from another
post I made today.
 
Im shocked at Alica's and Bob c's statments especially, I mean really.  I
don't understand two of the largest most respected people in the ferret
community acting as such (Pardon me Im being blunt honest).
 
Jennifer is not saying anything anyone else that I know personally
(comments about ferrets) hasn't said.  If it were to be a stunt I would
think that they would use positive stuff..  not bad or what we consider
bad.
 
I've had so many people come up and say they stink, they're rats they are
so and so... so what.  They don't know and don't feel towards them as we
do.  They don't see them like cats and dogs and that just because they
don't know and is unfortunate.  BUT, I don't yell at people because of
their views, I just try and educate.  Now, what upset me and I wrote to
them about what the "fur coat" issue from the ladies on the view.  That
is plain wrong... that's not an opinion but a statement that should never
be said against any animal period.  I wrote and pretty basically stated
that that comment was wrong and if they had animals it would be like
saying I want your cat or dog to use for a fur coat or to make a new
purse out of.  Plain and simple.  Ben's problem was the overreacted hype
of the bite and subsequent "rabies" shot mainly due to the fact that the
ferret would then have to be quarenteend and with the unknown response of
CA possibly put to sleep.  Obviously the ferret had it's rabies shot.
 
And then the statement made about the Legilzation efforts (being against)
in CA.  And the fact that they are "evil creatures"   That hurt the
ferrets period.  Not the fact he said they were like rats and stunk.  The
other stuff, hell let them think the odor present by ferrets stink..
Everyone thinks that the word stink means has a smell anyway and they do,
it's just terminology thats all, a word much like a cuss word.  I don't
use the word stink when describing it..  but it shouldn't be that big of
a deal if someone else does.  I politely say... not to me I think they
smell perfectly nice.
 
Them being ratty like... hell to most people they are.  Im not offended
by someone saying they're rat like... but calling them rats based on
their body structure, they think they belong to the rat family.  No
offense there because I know they are not.  Again, its just un-education
and not meant to make people upset.  To most people they do look like big
rats.  Again, I politely say they are of the weasel family not rat.
 
The sh*t about boy cotting all Ben's movies is stupid and childish.  It
gets us no where.  He apologized and that should be enough... Because
truly I do not believe he knew it would do any harm.  Hell, I hope people
know when I say Im sorry if I offended someone they at least try to
believe me.  Jen hell I don't care if she does she didn't say anything
that bad (nothing any of my friends or parents wouldn't say) but that
other bitch with the fur coat thing, now that pissed me off.
 
If Jennifer wants to think they are big rats and that they stink.. that
is her opinion.  All you can do is offer to educate which that won't
happen.  She has stated she's not an animal person.  My sister says the
same damn stuff and I don't get on her about it.  Her opinion of the
ferrets doesn't both me at all.  Just because she's not an animal person
(winces at the thought of animal hair on her furniture) and thinks they
smell (or stink) or are creepy doesn't mean I have a right to put her
down for it.
 
Ben, apologized and he realized his statements, especially the one of
over-hyping the way the bite was and over-hyping the statement about
the Gov. and California's quest for legalization..  That demanded an
apology.  Not because in his personal opinion ferrets stink.
 
Sorry..  this has gotten a little out of hand and I feel that if these
people, even Bob C and Alicia keep these people fired up it WILL do more
harm then good.
 
That said..  I wrote letter to each of the ladies on the show explaining
my feeling about what they said in regard to they should be fur coats..
and basically how would they feel if I said that about their dog or cats
and that's all.  Sorry, Im realistic in the fact that I know every person
on this earth does not feel the same way I do about these beautiful
creatures and that is their opinion.
 
*sigh*  I don't personally like what Anniston said..but again I didn't
hear it all.  But if that's the way she feels fine ... whatever.  Who
actually should care if that is what she thinks about them based on
working with them on a set?  We as ferret lovers are easily (almost too)
offended when someone says something in disregards for our love of these
kids but that doesn't mean we have to blast them for their opinions of
them just when their outright blatant carelessness could do the ferrets
more harm as in the legalization efforts.  I mean the senators and
whatnot voting on the bill don't care if they stink or not or look like
rats.  But they do care about the over-hyping of a bite, and what the
governor may be trying to accomplish if anything.
 
Oh and as far as the ferret on the set in Cal ... special rules apply to
the use of animals even those that are illegal (Bears, cheetah's, lions,
etc., are also illegal) but are given special priledges to use with
permission on sets guarding they have animal control/docs on board to
deal with any negative outcome be it bites whatever.
 
Gee, time for a xani- let the flames begin
 
Leanne fuzzy mom to 10 beautiful stinky rats and proud of it!!!
[Posted in FML issue 4396]