This morning I received a heart-breaking call from Rose Bruce of Angie's Song Ferret Rescue. Father Nature's Ferret Rescue in New Jersey has burned and 25 ferrets have died. Only 3 ferrets remain. As you know, Support Our Shelters only helps ferrets with the funds in our account. However, we can still make an appeal for this ferret rescue. You can send donations directly to them through Rose. If you wish to support the remaining ferrets and if you prefer to receive a tax deduction for your donations, you can give through Support Our Shelters. Information for donating both ways is provided below. Here is the email I received from Rose this evening. She gave me permission to post any part of it to the FML. We began Angie's Song Ferret Sanctuary in July 2007. The goal was to get as many "un-adoptables" as we were able to handle, and provide them with a happy life. Not so far along the journey, I met Keith Krysz, of Father Nature's Ferret Rescue. We spoke via telephone for quite a while, and once Keith saw that I was an experienced ferret handler (10 yrs of biters), he asked me if I would be interested in taking in an elderly adrenal girl. Naturally, I said yes. Nina was our 1st resident, and is STILL with us today... It did not take long for our relationship with Keith & Evelyn to grow and flourish into a close partnership. We have 29 residents at Angie's Song, ALL unadoptable, due to illness, age or social issues, and the majority of our "crew" are from Father Nature's. They will stay here with me forever. This morning, I got a call from Keith. It was a phone call telling me that his house was on fire, and everything was lost...including his beloved ferrets. The cries that I heard from this man were not about any of his possessions, they were about his "babies". The ones he comes home to every night, the ones that he races to the vet for, and the ones he has spent hundreds of hours nursing back to health after abuse & neglect, the ones that he hold symposiums in Petco for... They are indeed his babies. Today, all of that ended with a tragic fire. 25 fuzzies that lost their lives today. 25 fuzzies that were beautiful and charming, and just waiting for someone to love them. 25 ferrets who never had a forever home. The entire house is gone, although 3 ferrets have survived. One of the survivors is Charger, who is with me, as he is a special needs guy, and the other 2 have been placed with another dear friend. For the last 2 1/2 years, Father Nature's has placed over 675 unwanted ferrets in loving homes. 25 innocent little lives were lost today, for reasons I cannot fathom. All of us with ties to the rescue are broken. Yet, we will overcome, and we will survive. There is FAR too much to be done in the Tri-State area, and we cannot allow anything to stop us from achieving our goal, which is to rescue as many as we can. I am asking each & every one of you for a small donation for Father Nature's. I know first hand how tough things are, yet any amount will help-every single dollar counts to re-build our shelter, and begin to fight the good fight again. I thank you in advance, and hope you will have a hand in helping us re- build our dream. All donations will go toward the new shelter. Please visit Father Nature's Website: www.fathernaturesferretrescue.com Donations can be sent via Pay Pal, or checks can be made payable to: Father Nature's Ferret Rescue c/o Angie's Song Ferret Sanctuary 2104 Oxford Place Merrick, NY 11566 Ph. 516.705.5685 Sincerely, Rose Bruce, Director Angie's Song Ferret Sanctuary www.angieferret.com We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. -Mother Theresa Judith White, President and Founder ~~~~~ Support Our Shelters ~~~~~ 100 Walsh Road Lansdowne, PA 19050 610-626-6647 Helping the Shelters of the Ferret Mailing List www.SupportOurShelters.org Ask me how you can help a shelter near you. <[log in to unmask]> Tax-Deductible Donations through PayPal to: <[log in to unmask]> 501(c)3 non-profit Tax ID: 23-3062176 [Posted in FML 6225]