Once again, I wish to speak in defense of WFRS. I have adopted 5 ferrets and fostered 2 others for my total business of 7 ferrets. WFRS has at its front desk the business cards of at least 2 vets that I can remember, so I know for certain that they are not advocating just Cathy as a vet. Unless someone is intimately involved, they cannot speak certainly about the issue that was brought up on this list approximately a month ago. But I will say that I have begun to volunteer at the shelter in terms of scooping boxes, etc. I have seen no evidence of biased preference toward Cathy Johnson-Delaney....but if there were, what of that? Shelters have preferred vets for a number of reasons!!! I have never met Cathy, and nor have I met the people who are proposing negligence or lesser crimes. But what I can say is that I have encountered no bias toward vets, no abnormal referrals, and nothing odd in the care at the shelter. I have had conversations about ferrets and ferret health with at least 4 volunteers, all of whom I would deem to have given me intelligent, correct advice. Furthermore, on a basal level, the shelter is clean with ample volunteers. Another perspective, -Leanna Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around. -Oliver Goldsmith [Posted in FML issue 4380]