Everyone agrees that unwanted ferrets should be placed where they are accepted. I don't have a problem with that. My problem and I say "my problem" is with the circumstances that surround that. Patterns of behavior in regard to pets. It could be my inability to understand how one detaches so quickly. I have seen behavior like this in my own family. I had a cousin who would get dogs. I was in the military during this time. I never found out what happened to the dog. Another came another went. My boyfriend at the time, got me a rottie. We ended up married. Busta was our baby boy. I had Busta for 8 years until his death. 3 years ago, my cousin told me she got a rottie. I got to see him. Beautiful big boned dog. Still puppyish. But, had been abused. She got him from a rescue. My first thought this is not going to work. It's another fad. Maybe 8 months later, my mother told me my cousin was spending no time with the dog. The conditions that the dog of that size was kept in was not satisfactory. My aunt never cared for the dog. My cousin was in her late 20's. She decided to give the dog away. The man she gave it to had a rottie. There are a lot of cases were the introductions of males with dominant personalities just won't go. I knew this dog had hand issues. If you raise your hand even to pet it could a problem. So disciplining with your hands was a problem. The man got bit and then he got into a fight with the dog. The authorities didn't take the dog the first time. The second incident occur and the man decided to put him to sleep. Had my cousin left that dog at the rescue there is a good possibility he would still be alive? When my cousin seeked out to get pregnant. A couple of family members were concern about how her behavior would be after a couple of years of being a mother. We will never know, she died last year and the child was 1 1/2. There was an issue with my brother. It actually divided my mother and I for a while because she should have known better. She talked to a shelter about leaving him there for a couple of months. When she went to get him the shelter said no. I applaud them for that. Yes, this is a place of knowledge and so forth about ferrets. I do believe people make mistakes. But, I do believe that if you see certain traits of a behavior that could be detrimental to other people or animals. Some ones should say something. If I see a child or teenage tease a dog through a fence. I don't care who's child it is. The teenager may even curse me out. So be it. But, they will know where I stand concerning the situation. Everything in my life that I encounter everyday is not peaches and cream. The world I live in is a little different from people who believe everything should move smoothly and happily ever after. There are people who agree with things and there people who don't. But to my ferrets. Raisin in the Morning and Raisin in the Evening. That's all they worry about. Benita [Posted in FML issue 3869]