It'd be cool if we could get someone into this thread who has experience taking care of ferrets &/or working at an animal rescue, that way we can get an expert opinion on Mald's ferret rescue that isn't either A-Logging or armchair expertise. Anyone here know anybody who could help?
Made an account to chime in here.
I run a 501c3 animal rescue. Not exotics. But, I have a little over 100 animals under my care. Bought my ranch for that purpose, and have about 40 acres for the purpose. 20 of which are devoted to cows, horses, emus and chickens. The other 20 is for dogs, cats, birds, and various rodent adjacent rescues.
I don't really know a whole lot about mald's ferret rescue, but from what I've seen, keeping them in commieblock cages isn't much better than a public shelter.
And just from my own experience and gut feeling, this feels like a front. If you've been doing this long enough, you don't get attached to these animals you rescue to devote a "valhalla" section to. Rescues are just that - rescues. They often come in in extremely poor health, and deaths are common enough that they become background noise. When I take in a litter of 12 pups, and 4 of them have parvo and the other 8 are so riddled with parasites and mange that they are bloated to twice their size, I've already written them off as dead. If they pull through, great. If not, they don't get a seat at Odin's table.
If you are a legitimate rescue, you don't want to get attached to every animal you take in, because a lot of them won't make it. What Mald is doing here, strikes me as more as someone who wants a lot of pets but wants to frame it in an altruistic light of a rescue. I don't really have expertise in ferrets. But I've never had one come to my doorstep. Which tells me these are not really animals that people breed and dump like dogs or cats that need rescuing.
And that leads me to the conclusion that he seeks out these ferrets from stores or breeders and subsequently neglects them.
Just my .02