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"Kim Wolf, Mystyx Rescue" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 19 Aug 2002 12:35:30 EDT
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Lisette that's a great letter!  Hopefully it will serve its intended
purpose.  So many don't realize that old and sick ferrets die in shelters
every day.  it is a sad, and very painful fact.  That part of sheltering
I have a hard time coping with.  it's hard for me to get a ferret that's
old into this shelter.  I swear I know which ones are going to die these
days.  I look at them when their parents drop them off, and wish I could
send them home again.  they are like the silver boy you wrote about.
They have no clue what is happening.  Why they are here, why their
parents left, why they can't just go home.  I talk to them, sing to them,
give them every bit of care possible, but so many of them don't want to
live anymore, they go into shelter shock.  They don't want to eat.  They
refuse drink and treats.  You let them out to play, they just run back to
their cage to hide, or stand there not knowing what to do or just not
caring.  They waste away, the victims of abandonment and of a throw away
society.
 
For every person who adopts a shelter ferret, you're a hero.  For every
person who makes the commitment for the lifetime of their pet, you're a
hero too.  So few animals in shelters are here for a valid reason.  They
did not deserve being left here.  But at least people had the sense to
bring them where they will be cared for, if they cannot/will not.  They
get to die with dignity and knowing love, sometimes for the first time
in their little lives.
 
OK I'm getting way too emotional here, gotta go scoop poop for 60 ferrets
now!
 
Kim Wolf
Mystyx Samoyeds, Ferrets and Rescue
www.mystyxcritters.com
www.mystyxrescue.petfinder.org
We have SIX adrenal rescue ferrets awaiting surgery.  please follow the
link below to make a donation towards their care:
https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=rescue%40mystyxcritters.com&
item_name=Donate+Towards+Adrenal+Surgeries
Thank you for your generosity!
[Posted in FML issue 3880]

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