Hi everyone! As some of you may remember from my last posting, Club Ferret Las Vegas was going to be at the Grand Opening of a PetCo where Jack Hanna was going to be making a "Special Appearance." Well, I met him all right. Here is the scoop! Jack Hanna arrived at PetCo at 12:30pm. His "workers" drove up in a separate van from him with about a half dozen wild animals including 2 cheetah cubs, a porcupine, a crocodile, an anaconda and MUCH more! When he arrived he didn't even acknowledge all the people that were there to see HIM! His "booth" was set up right next to mine and the shelters booth. Kind of Ironic huh! After about 15 minutes of him being there, CJ (the shelter director) and I approached him. CJ asked him if she could have her picture taken with him. He said OK, so I took the picture. When that was done, HE started a conversation with US about ferrets. He said that he knows there is a lot of controversy about what he said on Larry King but that he was misunderstood. He said he feels that ferrets are not for everyone and that he feels that people need to be better educated about them. He told us that he feels we are doing a great job with what we do and that he appreciates someone educating people about ferrets. So CJ said "So you do not hate ferrets" and he said "No. But I do not feel they are for everyone!" He is right about that. Ferrets are not for everyone! I wanted to talk further with him, but he was to busy to even sign an autograph for me. He had no interest in what anyone around him was doing. He ate some ice cream and drank his water and signed his autographs and then he left. Let me tell you something. Before this whole Larry King thing I LOVED Jack Hanna. When I found out he was going to be with us at PetCo, I was excited because I thought I could make a difference. But this man is RUDE. He sat at a table for 45 minutes and signed autograph's. He never once handled ANY animals and wouldn't even make eye contact with me when we were talking. There was a time in my life when I would have been proud that I had met Jack Hanna. But now I wish I never would have met him. I didn't try to educate him about ferrets because the man was "to busy" to pay attention to anything anyone was saying! I see Jack Hanna as an ordinary person who is on TV with animals. I do not believe he is an animal lover. He is in it for the $$$$$$. I know I probably let you all down by not trying to educate him, but if you would have been there, you would have realized that he doesn't care!!!!! It is worthless. Unfortunately he is an influential man. But as for me, I know my "Jack Hanna as a mentor" days are OVER! I didn't see him on Larry King and I read very little of the posts about the actual show. But my fellow ferret lovers, all I can say is Jack Hanna is not our friend! He says he likes ferrets, but I truly feel he is not an animal lover period!!!!! As soon as I have the pictures developed I will post them on the CFLV website and I will let you know. I might do some picture altering first though, like putting some horns on his head and a pitchfork in his hand:)! Talk to you all soon! Samantha Rosier President Club Ferret Las Vegas Dooks from Cosmo, Nico, Annie and Winnie. Rest in Peace Queen Sneezers! [Posted in FML issue 2554]