Apologies to all for starting up the "shelter/donation" debate again as I am the one who posted that I would be donating to Siggy's surgery. For all those that pounced on this topic and ran with it, try to keep this thought in mind: when someone posts and asks for help, if you personally object to it, if they're not doing things YOUR WAY -- ignore it and let the people who do wish to respond make their own decisions. For reasons of my own, I wanted to donate to this particular ferret's surgery. I verified that the surgery is scheduled, the check was made out to the vet performing the surgery; that was all the information I needed to know before I sent my donation. I don't want or need an accounting of Kim's funds, nor do I feel she has to justify the shelter/breeder issue before Siggy gets her surgery; I don't even care if Kim does or does not have tattoos. Hopefully, my donation will help "one more ferret" have a good life. That's it -- the sole purpose of my donation which was made for my own personal reasons. I am saddened that something that started out positive on this list will once again turn into another bashing. I will now return to my forced anonymous status and skim the FML for information that will enrich my ferrets' lives. Posted anonymously to protect the innocent in California [DH] [Posted in FML issue 3338]