Hi Everyone, Unusual for me to post twice in one day, can you tell I'm on holiday. There was something I've been wanting to do for some time but managed to get to it today. Like many of you, I received the shelter list in June, 2000. What I saw made me both sad and angry. I told myself one day I would sit down and calculate the numbers I was reading out of curiosity, as I couldn't fathom the numbers I was seeing. Well, here it is. I tried to be as accurate as possible and only used these three categories and these two countries: In the U.S.: FERRETS IN SHELTERS - 2461 FERRETS FOR ADOPTION - 1172 PERMANENT SHELTER FERRETS - 960 In Canada: FERRETS IN SHELTERS - 132 FERRETS FOR ADOPTION - 79 PERMANENT SHELTER FERRETS - 27 Combined: 2593 SHELTER FERRETS 1251 FERRETS FOR ADOPTION 987 PERMANENT SHELTER FERRETS In doing this I'm trying to also make a point. There are so many ferrets needing homes that if everyone adopted these ferrets first, maybe the pet stores wouldn't order as many in (or maybe none at all) if they couldn't sell them. I know how adorable kits are, but these numbers are appalling. Kathy and the Ferret Collective - >sigh< [Posted in FML issue 3129]