On Tuesday, Kathleen, a fellow ferret owner in the Bay Area had her house broken into.... A neighbor found a wandering ferret and took it to Kathleen's as she knew Kathleen had ferts. The neighbor noticed that Kathleen's door was opened and so she looked inside. The house had been ransacked and burglarized. Shocked and not thinking, the neighbor called the police. Upon arriving the police had the ferrets confiscated. All nine of them are now prisoners. Next, animal control called Kathleen at work and told her that her beloved ferrets had been seized. At that moment Kathleen had a massive heart attack and collapsed. She is now in the hospital awaiting surgery in the morning. She is awake but not very coherent. PLEASE PEOPLE PLEASE stop talking about how Fish and Game doesn't take ferrets. Stop telling the lies that they turn their back and don't care about ferrets residing in this state. As of yet, no one has been able to get the status of these ferrets. Different people have tried to get them released. At this time they have not released the ferrets. Hopefully they won't do anything reckless and euthanize them without warrant as they have been known to do in the past. Pray that one of these scared little furries doesn't bite someone and give them a cause. Pray that someone with a brain at Fish and Game will give the go ahead for the ferrets to be released so they can be safely transported to an out of state shelter. Pray that they can then find a good home because their mom will probably NEVER get these ferrets back. Pray that they don't get sick from the stress of this whole scenario. But most of all PRAY that Kathleen gets better and comes out of this ordeal alive and healthy. I am pretty upset as I write this so please forgive me if I seem abit off. This stupid F ing state. Stupid animal control delivering news like that over the phone. Couldn't they have waited until she got home?? Hope and others please say a prayer for the ferrets and Kathleen. Thanks for listening, Hug a Fuzzy, Mary Jo [Posted in FML issue 5142]