Hello everyone. I spoke with the Provo City prosecutor's office today. Each of the two men that beat poor Bandit to death are being charged with 2 counts each of "Aggravated Cruelty to Animals." Although they were very nice when I called, I was very frustrated because it looks to me like these two heathens will probably do little if any jail time out of this. I could be wrong, and it certainly wouldn't be the first time, I guarantee. Little Bandit's human Mommy's name, according to the Salt Lake Tribune article, is Kimberly Marsh. I could not get a listing for Ms. Marsh. At the suggestion of Ronnie D., I would like to start a tribute for little Bandit. Perhaps the City Prosecutor's office would be willing to pass on our condolences and thoughts to Ms. Marsh. What do you all think? I certainly can't think they would release her name and/or address/phone number, but perhaps forward anything we might send. Just a thought. I am sure she is hurting so. Everytime I look at my four babies faces, I think of this horrible thing that happened so close to where we live. And Ms. Marsh is right. "What is next?" Will my little daughter need to live in fear that someone might not like her last name or her skin color and come and hurt her or her pets. Or God knows what else? I would like to ask that everyone who feels so inclined contact the Provo City Prosecutor's office and let them know the outrage that we, the ferret community, feel over this horrible event. Be nice and courteous, we don't want them to think of us as a bunch of nuts or wackos. The address is: (There are several, so address it general as they don't know will be assigned the case yet, if I understand correctly.) Provo City Prosecutors Office 351 West Center Street Provo, UT 84604 (801) 852-6140 Thanks everyone. And please hug and kiss your fuzzies an extra time tonight, and think of poor little Bandit who is waiting for his Mommy and cagemates at the Rainbow Bridge. Catherine, Pato, Snowball, Hubert and Elsie Garcia "Sad Behind The Zion Curtain, and still sending prayers for Bandit and his Mommy" [Posted in FML issue 2400]