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REPORTED FOUND: 15 June 2005

LOCATION: Country: USA State: Virginia - VA City: Charlottesville PARTICULARS: Name: Gender: Suspected male. Age: Young, under 1 year. STATUS: HAS A HOME! Found by: Cynthia Fostered by: Cynthia Adopted by: Robin STORY: This young man was either dumped or lost by his previous owners in a rather large subdivision. He found temporary safety in a crawl space underneath Cynthia's house and he has been fed and socialized by Cynthia herself who was kind enough to take him inside and to give herself a crash course in rat ownership and care in order to accommodate for the needs of this sweet young man. Once safe and secure indoors, he became much more calm. He now lives with Robin.

REPORTED FOUND: February 2002

LOCATION: Country: Switzerland Canton: Solothurn PARTICULARS: Name: Shrek Gender: Male Age: Young, under 1 year. STATUS: HAS A HOME! Found by: Apartment Renovators Fostered by: n/a Adopted by: Clivia STORY: Shrek was left behind in an apartment without food or water and no one was aware of his presence for another 2 months. Fortunately when he was found hiding underneath a bathtub in the apartment, the workers were kind enough to phone the Animal Protection League who, in turn, contacted Clivia by way of the local rat club. Thanks to both Clivia and the apartment renovators, despite his initial emaciated state, Shrek was able to enjoy over 2 years of life!

REPORTED FOUND: January 2003

LOCATION: Country: USA State: Ohio - OH City: Toledo PARTICULARS: Name: Stella Gender: Female Age: Slightly under 1 year. STATUS: HAS A HOME! Found by: unknown Fostered by: Diane Adopted by: Nat STORY: Stella was was found outside in a wood pile and was brought into a local pet shop. While Stella was fortunate to survive the outdoors, she wasn't in the clear yet: The store's policy was to take any small animals entrusted in their care and add them to the fresh food section of their herp market. Fortunately before Stella was shuffled off into the feeder bin, rat lover, Diane, stopped in the store for a pet food purchase. Diane kept Stella until a home could be found for her.

REPORTED FOUND: May 2004

LOCATION: Country: USA State: Ohio - OH City: Cincinnati PARTICULARS: Name: Amber Cheeseface Gender: Female Age: Slightly under 1 year. STATUS: HAS A HOME! Found by: unknown Fostered by: Helen Jo Adopted by: Nat STORY: Amber was found trapped in a cage on the side of a busy road. Though not rat people themselves, the individual who initially found her figured she'd at least be safer in a classroom. Unfortunately, in protecting her territorial boundaries, she bit the small fingers that were poking at her through the cage wires and was immediately deemed unsafe for a classroom setting. This was fortunate: Amber and her unclean, unbearably smelly cage were turned over to the arranged foster home and immediately rolled over into Nat's home where she currently is the queen of her domain (and everyone else's).

REPORTED FOUND: 6 October 2004

LOCATION: Country: Canada Province: Ontario City: Toronto PARTICULARS: Name: Lucky Gender: Female Age: 8 weeks STATUS: HAS A HOME! Found by: Tammy Fostered by: n/a Adopted by: Shelagh STORY: Lucky was found in a pet carrier under the back wheel of Tammy's car on a cold October day in Canada. Not wanting to know what was inside the carrier, Tammy brought Lucky inside the office where Shelagh took over. Lucky instantly converted Shelagh into a "rat person" and Shelagh soon went to the shelter to find a friend for Lucky who, by coincidence, was also left behind in a parking lot.