My applause and commendations for those who helped rescue those ferrets held captive by the Layton Collector. With all that has happen in our country lately, I have not had time to keep up on what the Davis County Prosecutor or Animal Control is going to do to punish this person for her inhumane treatment and selfish indulgance. But this is all past and hopefully we will learn from it. For those of you who have emailed me concerning U.F.O. and its status, I will put it simply as, right after the legalization happen, April 99, the concern for ferrets disappeared. Our active membership dropped to almost nothing. Attendance at the Ferret Education classes disappeared and so did the interest Salt Lake County put into it. But the pet stores began ordering ferrets like a man in the desert requests cold water. Bridgett Boland has not returned from her humanitarian work in New Guinea and U.F.O. is no longer functional. We closed our shelter doors about five months ago and the 16 fuzzies still without homes joined our permanent family. I still anwser questions when people call or email, but for the most part, have stopped all active Ferret programs. This leaves one problem, who is going to pick up where U.F.O. left off? Is there anyone out there, located in Northern Utah, who is willing to open a shelter? I will be more than willing to help you get things started and get things organized, but in two weeks, I am moving to Roy, Utah and will no longer have time to do anything with ferrets except enjoy the company of our herd. Please contact me soon if you are intersted. I will also be unsubscribing to the fml in about a week, so please hurry. Again, thanks to all of you who helped get those ferrets out of that crazy persons clutches. Rick U.F.O. [Posted in FML issue 3547]