A lot of people like raffles or buying something if the merchant says that a portion will be sent to a shelter Of course, people can give directly to the shelters, too, or to them through the SOS: http://www.supportourshelters.org/ Some shelters also themselves sell the the sorts of things that merchants sell, but with more profit going to the animals. Our most recent purchase from a shelter included wonderful, dark, sleep boxes from http://www.ferretfarm.org/ Personally, I like such direct approaches because I can be so very sure where our money goes. (Guess I got burned a few times too many.) -- Sukie (not a vet, and not speaking for any of the below in my private posts) Recommended health resources to help ferrets and the people who love them: Ferret Health List http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ferrethealth FHL Archives http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ AFIP Ferret Pathology http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html Miamiferrets http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ International Ferret Congress Critical References http://www.ferretcongress.org [Posted in FML 5402]