Bob, I believe if you want to call yourself a sanctuary, then you would get a non-profit status, or at least let it be well known that you are one. That being said, I don't think you technically have to do anything like that, unless you WANT to :) I guess that's one of the concerns with people worrying about how many ferrets people have, and them calling themselves a sanctuary just to get more ferrets, or just to have it be accepted that they have a certain number of ferrets. I guess, maybe it depends on what your status is - do you advertise? Do you accept ferrets from people no matter what, and promise to be a sanctuary in that you will take them and pay for medical care and not surrender them to another rescue or agency? I think people are confused a bit by the "no adoption" policy. A sanctuary is a "safe place". If a sanctuary finds someone who wants to take care of the animal, and are deemed a safe place and great owner, there is no "sanctuary law" preventing this from happening as long as people are made aware that sometimes, adoptions may happen. The whole point of a sanctuary in people's minds is that the animals will no longer be shuffled around from rescue to rescue or euthanized due to some medical condition, age, or behavioural problem. All in all - if you own a lot of rescued ferrets, no, it just makes you a good person, not a sanctuary IMO. Laryssa [Posted in FML 5736]