I haven't read all of the posts but know of the situation and know that Carol is a good person with good intentions. Everyone needs to realize that this could easily happen to any one of us if our health suddenly fails and volunteers are slim to non existent. Rescue folks are a stoic bunch. We take on the unwanted as the need arises, putting our own lives to the side...and often times our own health. I've only been going with a bum foot and know how difficult that has been, but what about the shelter moms & dads that are battling serious illnesses like cancer?? Yet they press on. I think it's a damn shame how badly the authorities have handled this situation, completely disregarding the shelter mom and over sensationalizing the situation. Can anyone begin to imagine the sense of loss she is experiencing right now? Imagine sixty of your babies seized and for lack of a better word killed. They didn't get even get a fair medical evaluation because AC simply didn't want to be bothered and that's a sad fact at MANY animal control facilities. Many of those lives could have been saved but again, another sad fact is that the authorities are about control, not the best interests of the animals. Every one of us has had ferrets in the freezer at any given time. Even if you have them cremated, you don't get much ash back from one ferret, so we have several done at once. I am fortunate to finally have a separate freezer to store them, but few of us have that little luxury. I just think that it's amazing how the authorities can beat rescue folks that are trying to solve the problem but don't offer any solutions to caring for the thousands of unwanted animals. Obviously euthanizing the innocent victims is not solving the irresponsible people problem that has reached epidemic proportions. Btw, there are pics & videos posted of the new ferret room on our website Kimberly Fox Somethin Up My Sleeve Ferret Rescue http://companiontalk.terrabox.com/SUMS-Rescue.html Pay Pal accepted for donations at this email address. http://companiontalk.terrabox.com/SUMS-tilesoflove.html Fundraiser page [Posted in FML 5871]