There is a message on there about a young girl who had a 10 week old ferret, decided she didn't want it any more because it bit and smelled (gee, I wonder why?) so she deliberately let it starve to death. The person who posted the message would have taken the ferret if she had known about this while it was happening, but found out about it from a third party when it was already too late. What can be done about this sort of thing? This really sickens me, I mean where were the parents when all this happened? Shouldn't they be responsible? And what the heck is happening to our society, where people want instant gratification for everything and whatever isn't convenient suddenly becomes disposable, including living things. And, people wonder why I prefer animals to humans (true animal lovers are an exception, of course). [Posted in FML issue 3390]