>From:    William Killian - Zen and the Art of Ferrets
>Subject: zen on a shelter thing...
>
>If you want to get angry at me or my words, fine.  But please hink about
>what I really say.  There is a problem in that ferrets need sheltering.
>There is a MUCH bigger problem with dogs and cats than with ferrets.  As
>the problem with dogs and cats is getting better more and more 'official'
>shelters will have room freed up to work with 'exotics' ...
 
Mr. Killian, what on earth gave you the idea I was angry?  I was merely
replying to a posting between you and Ms. Iroff.  The problem with the
written word is that much can be interpreted and just as much
misinterpreted.  So, just for the record I was not angry.  I read your
words carefully and I believe that the discussion was based on ferrets
being euthanized for anything OTHER than overcrowding.  Ms. Iroff was
stating that fact and you said you had NEVER heard of a case.  My post was
a reply to your "NEVER".  To refresh your memory....
 
Ms. Iroff wrote:
>While ferrets are not being slaughtered in the large numbers that dogs and
>cats are, they are undeniably being killed because they have no homes.
 
Your reply was:
>Where?  I have NEVER heard of a case.
 
I understand clearly the relationship you are trying to make with a shelter
and the reasons for overcrowding and the reasons for euthanizations for
cats and dogs, and the connected relationship that ferrets have in this
circle.  My post was merely an example of a shelter that would euthanize
ferrets not because of overcrowding but because of a lowered desire to have
them as pets.  So, Mr. Killian, I would ask the same you ask of me.... and
please think carefully about what I am saying.  Thank you.
 
And just in case it didn't come across well enough... I'm still not angry.
If you ever get the chance to meet me in person who will truly see how nice
I am.  ;-)
 
Betty and Her Blur O'Fur
 
To My Ferts: Thank you for your little idiosyncrasies... it's like living
in a giant sized Cracker Jack box... you never know what the prize inside
will be!
[Posted in FML issue 2588]