I feel that I must respond to the few emails we have received from NON-Shelter persons, as it was me who asked Rick to place the original FAD email on the mailing list, because I am the one who has to deal with doing the majority of the rehabilitation, I don't have time to waste on the computer, but here I am because I am extremely angry. For those of you who think you need to take up time that was not offered to you or yours to take, just to justify giving up your ferret, save your breath because as unique or "special" you think your story is, we have pretty much heard them all. And for you to use up valuable time, and I am saying valuable in the sense of time needed to SAVE the lives of ferrets, just to stroke your own ego or to justify your own guilty conscience is just typical of the kind of persons who should never own a pet what so ever, never the less a social one like a ferret, because you obviously think more of yourself and saving face with the public than you do for that poor animal. Those who have peace of mind in their decision to give up a furball and know that it was the only and best thing they could do for their ferrets best interests would never have replied to the original email knowing for one, that it was not for them as they are NOT a shelter or rescue and two that they didn't abandon their ferret, so they have no reason to feel that they must justify themselves, (this would be those few extreme people; medical, death, ect.) We sent that email out to try to get a better idea on how wide spread a SERIOUS, LIFE THREATENING problem was, and to get some HELP so we could stop losing these little guys needlessly. So unless you have held one of these little Fuzzies in your arms trying to show them that they are loved as they struggle to take their last breath, keep your useless opinions where they belong, because we are trying to save a few lives here. It should be obvious that you are just wasting our time and any minute that I can spend learning how to save even one ferrets life, I refuse to waste on people like you, so go cry your case to someone who gives a damn because I stopped caring about people like you and all the excuses when I had to look into the empty, depressed eyes of a DYING ferret. Cres United Ferret Organization 10584 S. 700 E #310 (New Address) Sandy, Utah 84070 (801) 572-6010 [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 3070]