MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO KODO'S FAMILY. ALL OUR HOPES, WISHES, & PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL. KODO THE KUTE WAS LOVED BY YOU AND I KNOW HE HAD THE BEST IN YOUR CARE. THIS LOSS, KODO THE KUTE, EVERYBODY FERRET IS A LOSS FELT BY THE ENTIRE FERRET LOVING POPULATION. THE HEARTBREAK FELT BY IS UNBEARABLE ALONE. THANK GOD, WE HAVE EACH OTHER TO HOLD ON TOO. I LIVE IN FERRET-FREE CALIFORNIA, IN THE CLOSET WITH MY 3 THIEVES AND THE THOUGHT THAT THIS IS WHAT COULD AND DOES HAPPEN TO MANY MAKES ME EVEN MORE SCARED, THAT LEGALIZATION IS NOT THE END TO THE PROBLEMS WE MUST FACE. BUT FACE IT WE MUST AND FIND A WAY TO ALLEVIATE ALL TREATS TO OUR BABIES. LOVE, HUGS, & TEARS ARE FLOODING YOUR WAY FROM ALL OF US FERRET OWNED, 2 LEGGED HUMANS AROUND THE WORLD. WISH I COULD DO SOMETHING TO LIFT YOUR SPIRITS AND WIPE AWAY THE TEARS FROM ALL YOUR DEAR FACES, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'M AT WORK AND I CAN'T KEEP THE TEARS FROM FLOWING. MY OFFICE CREW ARE ALSO SHOCKED, TO HEAR THE OUTCOME OF THIS POLITICAL STUPIDITY. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THIS REALLY HAPPENED, HERE IN THE "LAND OF THE FREE," WHICH WAS SET UP FOR THE "FREEDOM SEEKING" REFUGEES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. I THINK THE PEOPLE, WHO REFUSED TO SEE THE TRUTH AND GROW RE THE CRIMINALS AND THEY SHOULD GET THE SAME EXPERIENCE BY BEING LOCK UP, THE KEY THROWN AWAY, NO LOVE ONE ALLOWED, OR EVEN SUNLIGHT TO BRIGHTEN THEIR DAY TO THE DAY SOMEONE COMES IN AND KILLS THEM FOR SOME OUTDATED LAW. WHAT CAN WE DO, TO INSURE THIS NEVER, NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. WE MUST GROW UNITED, STRONGER, AND BOLDER IN OUR FIGHT FOR KODOS EVERYWHERE. I MUST END FOR NOW, LOST MY MAKE-UP AND I HAVE TO GET SOME "WORK RELATED" WORK DONE. LOVE & KISSES STEPH & SPANKY, CLAUDIA, & SCARLET O'FERRET, DARA NIN, SNICKERS, MONKEY OUTSIDE (CATS), TAZ (DOG), SALTY THE BOX TURTLE PLUS GEORGE & GRACIE (IGUANAS) [Posted in FML issue 1968]