Morrison had Spirit who had been left with her for a week while his person went on a previously planned vacation (beginning June 15) and was only gone for one week. When it came time to pick Spirit up Morrison made excuses not to return him (that he was sick). Every time (numerous) Morrison was asked she made more excuses. Animal control was contacted first week in July, and they called Morrison the first of the following week to ask her to return Spirit to his person. Morrison stated she wouldn't return him without $500 payment... there had been no mention of payment at any time previously, more like a friend watching another friends ferrets. The end of that week, animal control called Morrison and scheduled an inspection. Per Morrisons sentencing in April, she was to allow inspections with a 4 hour advance notice. When animal control arrived at the condo in Layton (where 261 ferrets were confiscated from in Sept. 01), Morrison wasn't there, nor were the ferrets. But we didn't give up. Through group effort, Morrison was located in Boise ID and Spirit was finally turned over to the authorities then released to a wonderful ferret caretaker. What did Morrison do to poor Spirit? Did she lock him away in a cage with no food or water and leave him to slowly starve to death? Why? Did she feed him only enough to keep him barely alive? What was her purpose to slowly starve to death this precious innocent being? Does she crave control over anothers life to the point of slowly killing them? Can you imagine poor Spirit being locked in a cage with no one to come to his aid? His stomach growling and gurgling the stomach acid churning with pain in an empty stomach? His thirst going unquenched for days on end? His pain? His suffering? And Morrison has other ferrets, a mother and babies and two kits from a petstore. Do they suffer in silence as Spirit did? How many other Spirits are out there? We must not stand still and silent. hugs. tle Troy Lynn Eckart, F.B.S. Ferret Family Services http://www.ferretfamilyservices.org http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~sprite/ffs.html http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Haven/5481/ Please sign up to support our efforts http://www.iGive.com/FFS [Posted in FML issue 3852]