>From: Sukie Crandall <[log in to unmask]> > > http://www.msnusers.com/ [removed to stop hits] > >and > > http://www.wftv.com/news/2546785/detail.html > >Can these things be clarified, please? >Is that animal abuser who wasn't prosecuted taking in ferrets AGAIN >already after the ferret community just got saddled with rescuing so >many and contributing to their care (which is what it sounds like)? >And what the heck are they doing having them brought into a regular >home with raccoons and stray cats? This is what happens when someone who has NO connection to the rescue - did not assist in the rescue, has not donated any items or time, and is not privy to any information regarding the situation nor the Ferrets-n-Limbo rescue outside of what is disseminated. Each person who has stolen information (email or photo) has contacted this person and demanded that the materials be removed from the website. This person has refused and I so far I have contacted msn to issue a complaint regarding the site. I have urged the other six folks (who were at the rescue that day and have continued to be involved by donating their time) to do so also. I'd like to make it very clear that the persons hosting this site have never been involved with the rescue, have never been to Jennifer's house, nor have they been to Ferrets-n-Limbo. This person began causing trouble on the Florida rescue list as well as several other lists prior to the rescue on September 20. She was corrected and posts were sent out to many of the lists, including the FML in an attempt to perform some damage control. This person appears to have nothing better to do than skewed the facts to *her* version of the truth in what is seeming to be an attempt to cause trouble. The rescue of these animals was severely jeopardized when an anonymous phone call was made to the Titusville Humane Society shortly before the rescue was to take place. What this foolish person did not realize is that Jennifer had a friend who worked there and that person tipped Jennifer to the impending investigation. Jennifer freaked out and called off the rescue, refusing to turn over the ferrets. Marie was able to talk Jennifer into proceeding with the rescue, but Jennifer was normal paranoia level went off the scale. I'd like to insert at this point, that whatever the person's reasons were for feeling they needed to step in and make that phone call, almost cost the ferrets their lives. The HS indicated that if the ferrets had been taken to their facility, they would ALL have been euthanized immediately. I don't think that the person that called wanted to see that, but in their desperation to punish Jennifer, that person came very close to killing all of the ferrets. All because the person was uninformed - see what medling in what you are not a part of can do? At that point, the decision was made to proceed with the rescue. The focus became to get the ferrets out, away from Jennifer's, and then explore the legal aspects of the situation. Once the ferrets were safe, then the HS could proceed as they saw fit. There were five witnesses that day, including myself. We saw the conditions those ferrets were in and I saw how freaky Jennifer was. We moved as quickly as possible, taking the time only to put the ferrets into carriers and moving them out. Any triage was done away from her property so as not to set her off. I'd like to say here that Marie did a wonderful job of keeping Jennifer occupied and calm during our operation. On the night of the rescue, I found court documents online that Jennifer Sypien was pressing charges against her neighbor and how big of an issue Jennifer's animals truly were. Hence the involvement of the zoning committee and the news article on Channel 9. Following the rescue, phone calls were quietly made to other animal rescues as well as to licensing bodies in an attempt to keep Jennifer from obtaining more animals in the future. Understandably, these existance of these phone calls were not broadcast. >Thanks for sending the links, A! At least many of us are all confused >together till more is known so I sure hope more is found or learned soon. I sure would like to know who this 'A' is. Especially since no one with that name was linked to the rescue in ANY shape or fashion. In fact, the person that created the first website offered to come help, but never showed or called to offer regrets. Seems that if someone was truly concerned, they would be there on the front line. Once again, I have to urge folks who want or need information to go to http://www.ferrets-n-limbo.org/ for the whole truth. The ferret community does not need to be divided by the misinformed. [Posted in FML issue 4299]