Danee, an excellent series of posts! A couple of these issues were discussed at the Atlanta Symposium, specifically, Alicia Drakiotes' talk on how to effect local legislation and Pam Troutman's discussion of working with humane societies. As Danee and others have pointed out, the ferret community is HUGELY generous, but it is frightening when these large scale rescues keep occurring at what seems to be an ever increasing rate. Our resources are limited, both individually and collectively. We MUST look outside our community for support and assistance, financial and otherwise, and that means looking to the larger animal rescue resources out there. Linda Iroff [Posted in FML issue 4301]