Here's the thing, I'd like to know, too, what happened to the mink. I assume the no breeding contract did not extend to them, and of course, whatever they do with the mink. There were no numbers given for the amount of mink. He can easily send those mink to another mink farm. There are many in that area as well as Michigan. Anyway - my 2 cents on everything - Lori says she won't post the list on the internet. Can't someone who gets the list in the mail just end up changing it anyway when they write it on the internet? Lori, your best bet for not having a fake is just posting it from your current address that we all know. That way we will know it's from YOU. Anyway - about people like Sukie saying a lot of us might not know how much work goes into it - I understand it, as do other shelters. But there are ways of going about large rescues. The main issue that steams people is the non-existant online documentation of what was donated, what costs were racked up, and what was the difference is between. I understand ferrets eat. A lot. My issue is with a rescue like this that took "20 years" in the making, why things were not ready. Use wood stove pellets for bedding (at the most, $10/bag). You could buy pallets of them. The cheapest thing available. And it works. Same as pine pellet bedding. Find the least expensive discounted ferret food. Totally Ferret - $90 per 50lb bag. I am not aware of others but there are other shelter programs. The figures and numbers would just make a lot more sense if there was a diary or record of what has gone on for the last few months, but there is none. We are given little bits of info and nothing more. Personally for that many ferrets I do not understand the cost of the food for only a month to two months. But that is just me. I only have had up to 35 ferrets at a time - but I know how to do math. Perhaps these ferrets since they were stressed ate a lot more or wasted a lot of food by digging, that would make it worse....by a lot. I think people assume that a rescue will always look for the lowest cost - but that's not always the case. People can pick to buy whatever food they want - whatever litter, anything. I think those differences and styles might be what makes the numbers look so large to some rescues - and okay to others. Laryssa [Posted in FML 5813]