I found this in a interview done almost a year from this date, with an interview with mick, on September 22nd 2006,
his final quote was:
And even Kaczorowski, who knows better, said he couldn't help begging the researchers, "Please, don't let anything happen to Flower."



heres the site of the interview:
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/tv/articles/0923meerkat.html