We were recently attacked and we were thinking that we would donate monthly but not certain the ferret community is the place to spend our money. I wanted to post proof that we have been attacked even by shelters that we supported more than once in the past: We placed orders through the ppl below for sleepers as we have done santa for 5 years now and it really angered and appalled us our butt that the very people we helped were the first to attack us. This is not the first time this has happened. I have seen this also happen to many people in the FML as well. We had our identity stolen and our credit cards used and the drama continues, which has taken a lot of our time. I have lurked in the FML for years and I see so many people get attacked my self included. I will not post because there is always someone who flies off the handle and rants and raves about something that offended them and then you get the hate mail. Once in the past it happened to me over a personal issue between myself and a dear friend, and it was not anyone's business but ours. I want to say to everyone that you may have big hearts when it comes to ferrets but when it comes to fellow humans you lack in compassion, tack, and that is why you will never get community support to further your cause-especially in California. I am deeply hurt and I am disappointed. I am no longer going to be a member of the ferret community. You that are so opinionated give the ferret community a bad reputation to the level headed rest of us. It is no wonder animal activists get made fun of. Overzealous is akin to radical and irrational and you chase so many people away from the FML because of your hostility and rudeness. Good ridings. Elizabeth from Las Vegas Below is proof that I did donate to shelters in the past even the one in NH that attacked me!!! To: [log in to unmask] Subject: my order Hi, I am familiar with you and know that you donate to CJ and am glad to help you out and help out the shelters as well. I would like to order some sleepers for the ferrets that I am santa for. And then I would like some for myself as well. Here are the addresses that they need to go to and just stick in the box a note that it was from Elizabeth and her ferrets in Las Vegas. Here are the addresses and just attach a note that it was from Elizabeth and her ferrets in Las Vegas. BooBoo C/o Ferret Wise Shelter POBox 561 Marlborough, NH 03455-0561 2 sleepers Nomad c/o Nanette Thurber /Fox Valley Ferret [xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] [BIG] Appleton WI 54911 2 sleepers Mario and Mona c/o Christine [xxxxxxxxxx] [BIG] Corvallis OR 97333 2 sleepers [Moderator's note: I'm very sorry you were the victim of identity theft. It seems more and more difficult to avoid these days yet it is still an increasingly difficult nightmare. Speaking of which, I took the liberty of xxx'ing out some addresses in your note because off-hand I'm not sure they're entirely public. People who have been on the FML and/or in "the ferret community" for a long time are valuable and I'm sorry to lose you. But people who have been on the FML for a long time also know I have a rather short fuse when I discover things are advertised on the FML but not delivered as promised. Identity theft or not, you sold items on eBay and allegedly ignored questions about it. It was not until the question was brought to the FML that you responded. Apparently your e-mail was functional. I understand you were very generous, and I applaud you and am grateful, but a lack of response is not acceptable to me and future such ads from you would not have been carried on the FML. The ferrets lose out in that case, I regret, but that's the way things work here. BIG] [Posted in FML issue 5249]