The Killians write:
 
There are far too many areas in the country where people are desperate to
get ferrets.  There are shelters that have waiting lists since they have
more people wanting ferrets than they have ferrets!  We'll stick to our
belief that it is a distribution problem.
 
Now I am not at all trying to be argumentative here, but, I think that this
statement needs to be qualified.  There are many shelters with waiting
lists, I fully agree on that.  Problem is, most of them want only younger
ferrets with no health/behavior problems that can go individually.  Many
shelters that I know have few to no ferrets that meet this description.  I
can generally place the young healthy single ones quickly and easily
locally.  I even at times have a waiting list for them.  But very, very few
people want a ferret over four, or one who has a health or behavior problem,
or a pair.  That is where the problem lies.  Lately the great majority of my
turn-ins (for whatever reason) are cages with three or four ferrets who are
age five and up with health issues.  Those are the type of ferrets many
shelters are full of.  I think we can all agree on this.  If anyone has any
suggestions on how to handle this situation, I am listening...
 
-Anne
[Posted in FML issue 2250]