I've been doing the math work on my zooarchy report, and between number crunching and hair pulling, I've been downloading the hundreds of photos that have been sent to me from all over the planet. I have photos from Australia, Holland, Mexico, Canada, and England, and well as through out the USA. At last count there were 623 photos and I still have many more emails to open and photos to download. What has prompted this post was the heart-touching stories that came with many of the photos. In several cases, I was told that it was ok use use photos of ferrets in living in bad conditions because it could help educate people and save other ferrets. The short stories and the obvious love and bonding to their pets was extremely moving. Some of the photos were fanstastic: a shot of dozens of baby ferrets with their heads in food, a ferret jumping out of a rice box, a ferret playing peekaboo, and many, many more. I could shoot for years without pulling this variety of photos together. Periodically we all get caught up in what we are doing so much that we forget why we are doing it. The photos sent freely so I could show other people's ferrets in my powerpoint presentations are a wonderful reminder of why we are here. It is heartwarming. Thank you all, and not just for allowing me to borrow the photos, but for reminding me how beautiful ferret people can be. It was a wonderful gift. Bob C [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML 5553]