Hi all, For those who may be new, this post is one of many to come, the aim of which is to help out shelters who may have one or more problems that they would like some help with solving. The idea was originated by Bob Church. Each week a problem will be presented to the list and anyone and everyone is invited to brainstorm and submit ideas. The responses each week will be gathered by one person and collated into a post that will be sent to the list at a later date. DO NOT REPLY TO THE LIST. SEND RESPONSES TO THE ADDRESS NOTED BELOW. Well, now that we've had a long holiday break it's time to get started again. :) Points to remember: 1) This isn't about pointing fingers. It's about helping ferrets and shelters. Comments should be positive and directed towards finding answers. 2) Anyone can contribute. You don't have to be a shelter operator to have a good idea about something. Maybe you have found solutions as an individual owner that you would like to share. Goodness knows there are some owners who have more ferrets than some shelters. Maybe you have experience with other types of shelters and can offer ideas for problems that aren't necessarily ferret specific. Etc. You get the idea. 3) If you would like your response to be anonymous in the combined post which will be sent to the list, please note this when sending your emails. SEND THIS WEEK'S RESPONSES TO: [log in to unmask] The question for the week is: One of a shelter's missions can (should?) be to educate the public about domestic ferrets. What ways have you found to best accomplish this, or what ways would you suggest might be most useful and efficient? Thanks, Karen [log in to unmask] ====================================================================== A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel." (Proverbs 12:10 RSV) ====================================================================== If you love ferrets, check out: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~crassi/index.html ====================================================================== [Posted in FML issue 2558]