"Please contact the charity commission direct to find out who is telling the truth and do not beleive all the people who make excusses as to why they can not register, so are you giving money towards a registered charity or to help with someone's hobby of keeping pets, like Sheila and her 40 or was it 70 pet ferrets in a small back bedroom somewhere in Lancashire?" I've just found this on a web site and it is aimed specifically at me!!! What I want to know is where this person got their facts from? Over the past year I have taken in 34 ferrets and rehomed 30 of them, OK so I know that others have rescued more ferrets than I have but at least I took them in and cared for them. I am really intrigued with the small back bedroom rubbish - the person who typed the above has never, ever been here so how does he know where my ferrets are kept? Obviously this person has no idea what they are talking about. There was a lot more rubbish posted on the web site - enough to set nearly every ferret welfare/rescue/sanctuary in the UK baying for this person's blood. There are just two ferret rescues in the UK that are registered charities, and one of those is now seriously considering thinking about opting out of the registered charity status because of certain items in the proposed AWB unless the bill differentiates between small and large charities regarding licensing. -- Sheila Bolton Ferret Welfare e-Ferrets First website http://www.ferretsfirst.net NFWS web site http://www.nfws.net updated 18th February 2006 [Posted in FML issue 5165]