Hi all... I am just writing in reply to Nancy's ignorant postings about me which didn't include my name, but did include the names of my ferrets and references to me. [I wish to apologize. I should have caught Nancy's message and suggested that she speak directly to you, or not at all. But now that Nancy got a chance to speak, I have no choice at all.] I live in Massachusetts and have worked long and hard to get ferrets legalized here (and I am still working at it!) I graduated in May and moved to an apartment that does not allow pets... this proved to be a problem that I could not overcome, because not only did I have pets, but I had illegal pets. Instead of risk the chance of losing them to state confiscation (which would not have meant that they would be put down, but I would not be assured of who they went to and what became of them) and risk the chance of being thrown out I chose to give them up. This decision was obviously not taken lightly, but it was easy in the sense that I felt it was best for them. I am a consultant with a data processing consultant firm and work long hours and being in an apartment I would not be able to allow them free roam due to wall to wall carpets (my guys loved to shred carpets) and such (like alone roommates). I brought them to Ann and Vanessa Gruden who run FACT (of Connecticut) and are very good friends on mine so that they could be placed. Two of my guys, Marius and Magnus got placed with the daughter of a CT veterinarian (which made be very happy) and Gabrielle and Lestat were sent to a Mid-Atlantic shelter (I believe with the Benner's and Lehigh Valley). How Nancy can say that I gave them up because I lost interest is beyond reason. Obviously she must have been told that, but she knows my what my account is and could have written to confirm it rather than blurt out completely false and unverified information. I was really upset to read her message because we used to write daily up until her sister's unfortunate accident (which understandably left her unable to worry about keeping up with letter writing) and I am also upset that someone supplied her with this information. I have spent hundreds, if not thousands of hours trying to get ferrets legalized in MA and I was quite devoted to my four guys and will miss them always. Beau [Posted in FML issue 0321]