Have you thought about going to a pay phone and reporting CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT ANONYMOUSLY TO THE CPS??? Even if you don't feel good about making up something, you do have knowledge that the children are being neglected...I would personally go there and take the ferret physically, but then again I am a big man and not known by any of them and wouldn't be afraid to do it but I'm just to dang far away, Texas to be exact. I think I would make up a story about how he children are being abused and the house is filthy and drugs are being used etc etc...anything to get the CPS out there and I think they have the authority to go into her home and a warrant would be very easy for them to get...tell them of the animal abuse as well and then you have a credible wittiness to get the animal control in there too take that poor little ferret away! Someone has to do something! This is why I hate my own species!!! many, far too many of them are useless piles of crap! A child can learn how to treat a pet but a lazy parent won't take the time to do it. Who is this other piece of dung that is giving her the ferrets to die in her house at the hands of these small un-trained children? Post the names and addresses of these people so someone can see what they want to try...nobody can do anything without all the information! [ST] [Posted in FML 6654]