I had been checking in this thread now and then, but only tonight committed to sitting down and reading the WHOLE thing as I came into it a little late, so it's only fair to comment now. What a great story! "Phred" is of course the main hero, and you deserve many thanks over, but many more of you should be proud. I had nothing whatsoever to do with this rescue, but I must say as a fairly new "joinee" that I am even happier now than I was to have joined such a great group of people (on Pet Talk). Kudos to everyone even remotely involved, and especially you "Phred"!