Dear All, Even though I have had to completely shut down The Ferret & Dove Sanctuary, Inc. since my husband's death, i'm still getting calls from various persons regarding their interests in adopting, which I have very happily been referring these caller to every other opened ferret shelter in the United States, Canada, and so forth. (I know that those of you who all still run shelters and sanctuaries can handle them, each at your own speeds.) but the credit for this increase in the interests of adoption must go to author Piers Anthony. Since the release of his latest "fun" fantasy book "Knot Gniess", and the mention of the Ferret & Dove Sanctuary in the author's note (page 302! :), there had been a "spate" of adoption-interested callers. And in these last few days, yet another "spate" of interested persons due to his mention in his December 2010 newsletter , once again, of the Ferret & Dove Sanctuary, including the incredible kindness of posting both the Sanctuary's web sites. Here is a re-post of that note from Piers Anthony's newsletter (you can find it at HiPiers(dot)com, scroll to the bottom) Two years ago Susie Lee of the Ferret & Dove Sanctuary sent me several crocheted angels, so I formed them into Angela Angel in Knot Gniess, which has now been published in hardcover. Angela, like the dolls, has a skirt but no legs. Her quest is to obtain enough mass to fill out her body, so she can settle down and marry her lover Beauregard Demon. They were giving visitors guided tours of Heaven and Hell, and accidentally stepped in a love spring. Truly forbidden love. She was horribly ashamed that in the passion of the moment she let him see her panties. Truly a fallen woman. Naturally in the course of the novel, which is about Wenda Woodwife, Angela finally manages to win her mass and become a woman of substance. I listed the Sanctuary in the Author's Note, But in the interim Susie Lee's husband died, and she has had to shut down the Sanctuary. Now the place to go is www.angelfire.com/theforce/ferret_rescue/index.html or http://ferretanddovesanctuary.petfinder.org [Posted in FML 6908]