Thank you, Sukie, for posting about the shelter issue for the AFR. Sometimes I'm too busy working on something to remember to tell people about it! All shelters should update their listings with the AFA immediately to be included on this listing. Check the list at http://www.ferret.org/shelters.htm or in the Jan/Feb 1999 issue of the AFR. E-mail any changes to Matthew Stevens, Shelter Committee Chair, at [log in to unmask] Shelter operators who wish to submit photographs and short stories about rescues, adoptions, and permanent shelter residents can still send these to me at P.O. Box 61204, Potomac, MD 20859-1204. I must have any material in my hands by August 6, and it would be nice to be notified by e-mail to expect it. Express mail works fine. E-mail is even better. E-mailed photos should be scanned at 300 dpi or greater (none that were scanned at low resolution for Web sites, please). Can you believe that it's almost holiday shopping season? (I've received 6 catalogs in the mail this week alone!) Special advertising rates are also available to shelters that wish to advertise their ferret-related products in the September/October issue. Beat the holiday rush. For only $10, shelters can place a 1/4 page, camera-ready advertisement. Payment and advertising materials must be received by August 6. Feel free to e-mail me any questions. If I don't respond to your e-mail within 8 hours, I didn't get it, so send again. Lori Barber Managing Editor The American Ferret Report www.ferret.org E-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2762]