Our wonderful webmaster Karen-- has completed yet another update where you will find adoption listings, new links, new calendar event listings and more. Thanks so much Karen-- for keeping up with the constantly changing news & events! The "Adopt a Beanie" campaign which we hope will assist both the veterinary and education programs, is slow in starting -- we are printing the adoption certificates and hope to have the news and pics ready for the page next week. Please bear with us-- we got a number of new kids in at the shelter- and it is BUSY!!! Over the past few weeks we have received numerous calls from individuals all over the eastern US. Most of these were inquiries about the shelter financially assisting for medical care and / or surgeries. Let me take a moment to reply: while Ferret Wise would LIKE to be able to help-- the reality is, -- we must constantly work to fund the medical care for shelter residents who end up here through unhappy situations. Were we a flush shelter-- the first thing we would like to make available is loaned funds for veterinary care (paid back with interest) as some local humane societies can do for cats & dogs. Unfortunately, we are not ranking in the that caliber as a non profit entity ( we have far to go before we can match the prestigious sheltering entities like NSAL!). To those recent inquiries we have been asking them to negotiate payments with their vets, or make choices in the best interest of their beloved ferrets. The harsh reality is -- that pet owners sometimes need to make choices and shelters in general, at least ferret shelters though they would like to help all the ferrets -- find the task unreachable, that does not mean we do not do what we are supposed to do however. In addition to the special admissions - critical care sheltering and rehabilitation of cruelty seized ferrets, additional services Ferret Wise provides are listed at: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~crassi/services.html We hope we can be of assistance in these areas. In closing, two new specialty items have been added to the ebay items to support our shelter hospice programs: A Shamrock / spring clover top sleeper hammock http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2821058606 and special Milennium Designer Funhouse Tent in teal! http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=282126162 Hug your ferrets and thanks for your support. We hope to see you all at the fall re-union Picnic "Ferretstockl" September 9th! Advance passes will be available soon - to request an application for advance tickets please email the above address with your postal address and they will be sent!! Alicia shelter Mom for the many faces of FerretWise [Posted in FML issue 2988]