This is Susie Lee writing from Pensacola with the latest from The Ferret And Dove Sanctuary, Inc. (seems like forever-ago-Way-y-y ) back on Feb. 22nd, all in a single day, we adopted out Phinella DEW-Lovey Ferret ("Nelly" for short) and her buddy, Brian DarkBlond Ferret in the morning. Later in the day, we accepted in a pair of six-month-olds whose care-person had to move and couldn't keep them named Ricki-Quickie CreamSable and Ticki-Tavi PandaPretty. Since then we've been writing lettrs to various and sundry newspaper editors about asking folks to consider before buying or adopting rabbits for Easter, for these critters also get dumped on any shelters of any sort who Might accept them. It's one of the reasons our "umbrella"-shelter, the Rabbit Friends Sanctuary in Crestview, Florida, is already filled to the brim with homeless bunnies, and it ain't even "the day" yet! So, anyways, a couple of the newspapers took our letters, and perhaps several more among you-all (especially the great-hearted souls on the Ferret-Mailing List) can help take up the hue and cry for folks to think about their responsibilities to lives, however small and regardless of furred nor non-furred conditions. You'll find all the stuff you need to paraphrase on www.hsus.org . Okay, then back to the ferret-news...March 8th, 2005, Ricki-Quickie CreamSable and Ticki-Tavi PandaPretty have been Adopted! Nobody died since the last news, and only 17-year-old FurBucket, a blue-cream Persian cat, has been ill and is currently regaining her weight and doing better. Okay, it's NOT all ferret-news! But then we're not here just for ferrets...even though they sure do seem to think so. :) If anyone feels moved to, they can make a donation via PayPal through the site... http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/ferret_rescuer/index.html [Posted in FML issue 4811]