I would start this post off with 'I don't want to be rude here but...' but I think we all know that every post that starts with that is not going to be nice. Not to mention that a few months ago, I got an e-mail that started with that line that just ripped me to shreds. A few people here may know what I am talking about... I'm sorry but I think the OH ferret rescue is just going to be one of those things that is an eternal sore spot for some of us in the ferret community. Just like (well, kinda different from) raw vs. kibble. People are going to have their opinions and that is the way it is going to be. Personally, I know how I feel and when I see posts relating to it, no matter what that post says, I just keep in the back of my mind how I feel about it. I tried to help, I sent a donation, to this day I don't know if it was ever received but I guess that is my bad, I should have put a tracking number on the package. I also donated a lot of my time to put up a web site that included helpful information, only to be told very rudely that I was not helping the cause and to 'please' take it down. I know, live and let live and time heals all wounds but I personally have become jaded by all of this and I am one of the people to whom, I think no matter what, the OH ferret rescue is going to be a very sore spot. I am fairly new to the ferret community, having only been owned by ferrets for 9 years now but now it is easy to see how some of you latch on to things and they just become festering wounds. This is my first one but I think it will be there forever. I'm really not hard to get along with at all. I try not to be. Once you're my friend, you're in forever. It takes some pretty serious double-crossing for me to write you off forever. I can go years and not talk to someone and have them walk back into my life just like we never missed a beat. But when I try and help and you pull me down over it, you better believe it, I'm not going to take kindly to it. I'm Tammy a.k.a. on the Internet as Kesrael. There are a lot of people in a lot of circles who only know me by that name and a lot more who know me by both and still choose to call me Kesrael. I sign a lot of things only as Kesrael. But Lori, I hear you're going to be at the ferret show in York this weekend. As will I and if I see you there, I will introduce myself with both names. You probably won't remember me or my donations or how you treated me but I remember. I remember what caused this sore spot. The important thing, we have to remember is the ferrets. If you choose not to donate to Lori, which is understandable to some, donate to the shelters who took in the ferrets. Or, since I know the listing of shelters who took in ferrets on Lori's web site is incomplete, just donate to your local shelter. Face it people, whether or not that shelter took in any OH ferrets, I'm sure it still needs help. I don't think there is a single animal shelter anywhere that couldn't use a little extra help. We shouldn't discriminate against them just because they didn't take in any of the McKay babies. *gets back down off of her soap box and returns to the shadows* ~Tammy - a.k.a. Kesrael "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be the blade that was broken,The crownless again shall be king." "May it be you journey on To light the day;When the night is overcome You may rise to find the sun" [Posted in FML 5813]