Yesterday I had a sweet, gentle, sable girl dropped off. Her leg is broken, severely, to the point her foot doesn't seem attached anymore. She is scheduled for surgery today. The man who dropped her off gave me several stories on how she was injured, and several different answers to questions about her vaccination status. Uh huh. She came to me as a referral from a vet. The man had taken her in a couple months ago to have the leg set. The man took her home, and then rather than confining her to allow the leg to heal, let her have the run of the house with the broken leg, so it never set properly. He claims the vet now wanted $400 to surgically repair the leg, and for $400 he can "go out and buy four healthy ferrets, so what do I want this one for?" He told me he didn't really want her anyway, he was going to give her away before she broke her leg. Now the leg may need to be amputated. I am just sick over the way this animal was treated. I wanted to throttle the guy and choke him until his eyeballs popped out of his head! Additionally she was completely flea infested, even though she arrived damp and smelling of flea shampoo. Imagine how she was before the bath! They were even crawling out of her ears! I take solice in that she is now safe with people who care about her. -Anne [Posted in FML issue 2042]