Sometimes we need to talk of the Unsung Ferret Hero's, - I'm sure some of you have met them - they don't own ferrets, sometimes they don't have any animals - but there hearts are so very big and they love all animals. These Hero's don't express there love with words - they express it with action. So here goes. As you all know the Head Shelter Ferret at the Ferret Friends of Indian River County International is L.K. (Loving Kindness). We'll L.K. was really named after the man who enabled Ferret Friends of Indian River County International to be born (he gave us the seed money to get it started). Also this man (our Hero) was the one that really created Ferret Friends Disaster Response International (FFDRI) by allowing his employee (Chere McCoy) to take over six weeks off to respond to the Cutler Ridge Shelter in Miami, FL after Hurricane Andrew blew it away. L.K. (our hero) continues to support both FFIRCI and FFDRI Just so you will understand just what type of person our Hero truly is, I will relate this story. In 1992 my boss sent me to California. My job was to help set up a new company. Originally I was scheduled to be there only one week. One week spread to two, then three, etc. Since it was taking longer to set up the company my boss offered to fly (at his expense) my SO out for a weekend. I declined the offer as our beloved AGEDOG was sick at home and my SO needed to care for him. One day at the California office I got a phone call from the AGEDOG's vet - AGEDOG was desperatly ill and might not live out the week. I called my boss and told him of the situation. The Boss' only response was "You better come home". I flew home 6 hours after talking to the boss. The first words my boss said to me when I arrived in our Vero Beach office was "How is the AGEDOG." To this day the "BOSS" continues to support FFIRCI and FFDRI by allowing me (Chere McCoy) to take necessary time off to attend the HSUS EXPO's and to respond with the FFDRI when disaster strikes. One more thing: If it weren't for the boss there would never have been a Ferret Friends of Indian River County International or a Ferret Friends Disaster Response International. Without the full support of the Boss - the time off , money, and the total moral support, the something WONDERFUL that is coming would have come about - but it would have taken (in my estimation) several more years. Finally the L.K. ferret is named after the "BOSS" whose loving kindness for all animals is the greatest I have ever Known. From Ferret Friends of Indian River County International and Ferret Friends Disaster Response International: Thank you Lee K. Chere McCoy Founder/Director Ferret Friends Disaster Response International President, Ferret Friends of Indian River County International [Posted in FML issue 1520]