Eleanor wrote:

>I did not realize that the AHS and HSUS were not the same. I was so
>ticked off about the HSUS not helping in the Ohio situation that I
>emailed AHS about their "big rig" and asked why they were not there to
>help. I got a very nice friendly response stating that they were not
>the same societies and thanked me for my compassion and concern for
>ferrets. She also said that ferrets are indeed pets and often are not
>given the same consideration as cats and dogs in our society. My email
>was the very first that the AHS had heard about the Ohio situation!

AHS is the ASSOCIATED Humane Societies and they DO have a history of
helping ferrets some, but they are not highly funded so are limited
on that score.

http://ahscares.org/

They often work with the ASPCA to stop animal abusers, including
getting an importer's NJ license removed after that importer was doing
a pile of bad things including bringing ADV infected fur fitch from NZ
to sell in NJ as pet ferrets years ago.

Sukie (not a vet)

Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html

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