Dear Folks, Thank you to those who dipped into their pockets and sent money to the Bitterroot Humane Society in Hamilton, Montana. This is the little shelter doing the great big job of caring for animals whose families have been displaced by the fires. So far, $10,000, (ten thousand) has been received from folks as far away as Alabama and Maine and everywhere else. One kind fellow donated 38 tons of hay for the livestock, which are being housed at the fairgrounds. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, from all of us here at the Critterpen. The fires are still raging, the smoke is still really bad, but it looks like everyone is going to make it. Cheryl Nordgulen [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 3156]