Hello, Its with a very heavy heart that I want to tell you of today's court proceedings against Linda Rodriguez of Loving Ferrets Shelter in Galloway Township, NJ. For those of you unfamiliar with the situation, you can see our site at www.kistaferret.com/rescue.html for the full story. Unfortunately, all charges against Ms. Rodriguez were dismissed today. Due to legal wranglings, and the fact that the photographic evidence and search warrant were suppressed, there was no grounds for a case. No matter that she had 113 animals seized from her home, not counting the 5 dead ferrets and one dead dog stored out in a broken down truck, or that the ferrets that managed to survive were horribly abused and neglected. Apparently they don't matter to the courts, and Linda Rodriguez is free to continue her "sheltering". Well, those ferrets matter to me. I want to apologize to each one of those 28 ferrets that were guests here. I'm sorry Andy, Brad, Cammy, Dannie, Frank, Ernie, Lefty, Sparky, Giovanna, Haley, Igor, Joey, Karma, Luna, Marcus, Norton, Otto, Pasteur, Quasi, Rerun, Sabina, Tantra, Umma, Dirk Diggler, Vinny, Smiley and Xiang Hua, and Angel, the one who died while the SPCA was in process of taking possession of the animals. You mattered to me. I'm sorry that your abuser has not been punished, and that there is nothing I can do to prevent others from suffering your same fate. I tried. Kim KiSta Ferret Shelter www.kistaferret.com [Posted in FML issue 3323]