Regarding the report in the last issue regarding the Toronto Humane Society and Willy the Ferret. [Capsule: Willy escaped from home, a local animal shelter picked him up and turned him over to the Toronto Humane Society. The day before he was due to be destroyed, a THS employee adopted him. Now, the original owners have finally found what happened to him and are demanding him back, but the THS employee is refusing - alleging that Willy was abused - for which there appears to be no evidence - the animal shelter indicates that he was perfectly fine when they picked him up. The newspaper picture of Willy before he disappeared shows him to be *big* albino male, well fed, with a very good looking coat.] About a week ago, things got out of hand - the THS employee has been getting anonymous death threats (this is in *all* of the papers), and her boss has had "Serves you right" scratched onto her car. Willy's original family has been camping out on the THS doorsteps. Sheesh! The family has retained a lawyer. The lawyer has initiated a lawsuit (for recovery of Willy) against the THS employee. Earlier, the lawyer indicated that he will probably also be suing the THS. The THS maintains that the employee was acting as a private citizen when she adopted Willy. If there's a long delay in the trial, the court will be asked to give custody of Willy back to his original family while the case goes to court. [Posted in FML 0061]