Wow, such sadness at the shelter with all the new kids. BUT i have some happy stuff to share in my update on them. Many of the dehydrated and starving kids are doing much better in only a few hours. Mommie has already inflicted them with her own type of intolerable cruelty *KISSES*. Many of the little ones who were biting and fearful this afternoon have accepted mommie's lovings and welcomed it. no one has ever touched them in a loving way before. Even the two boys who were forced to eat their own cage-mates have turned around and totally enjoyed mommie's kisses (YUCK!) and our one skinny male sable allowed mommie to cuddle him for quite some time. One little blind girl with a bad leg walked for the first time in her life through the shelter tonight. it brought tears to everyone. i want to personally thank (from way up here in heaven) auntie Paige, Auntie Tina and uncle Andrew for enduring the painful sights they had to endure today. I want to thank auntie Lynn for taking the shelter ferrets to auntie Paige's, uncle Nigel and auntie Bonnie for their hard work at the shelter today and for taking my mommie out for a couple of vodkas tonight. I need to thank auntie Olympia for the use of her video camera to capture the horror everyone saw and for coming to the shelter "non-contaminated" to help move the original shelter ferrets to foster homes. To auntie Jen for updating our web site And to auntie Jennifer who gave my mommie a hug and let her cry about what she saw today, you'll never know how much my mommie loves you. i also need to thank the handful of you ferret lovers out there who have donated your money to help. the kids will all be seen by the shelters vet tomorrow. With thanks to you, the shelter can afford to have the 1st set of vaccines done for these mis-treated bunch. mommie's little taste of hell will be burned in the memory of a few people for a lifetime. BUT, with the loving help of our wonderful volunteers and supporters across the border, 29 ferrets will live a lifetime of happiness and love. Thank you all for allowing this to happen and for giving hope to some very hopeless ferrets. My love and thank to you all, Harley "Bug" Randy Melanie Belair President The Ferret Aid Society "For the Love of our Fuzzy Friends" <http://www.ferretaid.org/> [Posted in FML issue 4724]