Pet Re-Placement

You may or may not know that I've worked and volunteered for various vet clinics and animal shelters, and over the years have been a halfway-house for many homeless pets. I've had a lot of experience with really bad people. One variety of these is the type of person who wants to purchase your pet for a voodoo or satanic ritual. Yes, people do this. I've had teenage boys tell me very bluntly that they wanted my black cat for a satanic sacrifice. However, the more common and subversive type of bad person tries to get your pet so that s/he can sell it to a private lab for experimentation. I recently received an email from just such a person over our cat Prosper. This is what it said:

Hello Dear Sir / Madam,

Good to meet you, My name is (deleted), I saw that you are will to place your pet been adoption and immediately, I got so fascinated about having the pets. I am an honest, caring Woman with the utmost fear of God. Having the Pet is like owning a fortune and the thought of the Pet makes my vein leap for joy because i really Love Pets.

I will have my International Shippers Company comes for the Pick-Up.

(shudder)