Hello; Well, I've heard that the people proposing the center don't know what they're doing, twice now. This is not a flame thing, but I have to communicate first hand knowledge, not hearsay, even from "trusted" people. Carolyn, the person who provided the sole medical care for the Pueblo breeding colony, from which the ferrets who were released last year, started with the worst of the origional stock that was given to her from Wyoming. This was not her choice, but what she was given. She Has written the handbook on Black Footed Ferret care for more than one zoo. She also had increased the litters of wild Chinese polecats that they work with from 3 per litter to 9, in only 3 years. Carolyn is part of the people of the Living Care center, and has devoted many years of her life to the project. Her only political fault is caring too much to not want to see destroyed ferrets "past breeding age". (Probably just like all of us who own domestic fuzzies).. She was criticised for naming the little ones. Most of them had names when they got them from zoos! The governments' own testemony to her competence is the fact that she designed, built, and was the sole source of medical care for the breeding colony, even though she's "only" a med tech. (no disrespect to the profession by me, only repeating what I've heard). They had no DVM on staff at all! On a more positive note, I got an email from an employee of the StarTribune of Minneapolis, the largest paper in that 5 state region who will work to publicise. An employee of Adobe, of pagemaker fame, contacted the Sierra club & found they were un aware of the plight. A good tactic I'm told for the government people in the current political climate is to voice concern over the waste of taxpayers $$$ and these elder ferrets which are taxpayers PROPERTY should be used for educational and public access enjoyment (which the living care center is fully intending to do). I started this morning in severe depression as a week of 2,3,4am work had only 2 responses thus far, but these and Chere's declaring the situation an event equal to a natural disaster has helped a lot. Thank you to individuals who also given encouragement. It felt like I was talking to empty wind for quite awhile. This is an updated contact list including 800 and fax#'s for those wishing to voice their opinion. Respectfully, Gary H. Interior Dept. Fraud, abuse & waste hot line: 800-424-5081, fax=703-235-9397 Bruce Babbitt, Sec. of the Interior, 202-208-7351, fax=202-208-6956 US Fish & Wildlife Service: Miss Mollie Beattie, Director, USFWS, 1849 "C" St. NW, Washington, DC 20240, Fax=202-208-6965; Mr. Ralph Morgenweck, Director, Region 6, PO Box 25486, Denver Federal Center, Denver CO 80225, FAX (303) 236-3815; MR. Pete Gober, BFF coordinator for region 6, 605-224-8693 (the man in charge of the proposed 6/1/95 release of the elder ferrets. [Posted in FML issue 1204]