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Hi,
Just wanted to clarify something here with Vickie McKimmy's post:
>Fact #4: The persecution of a different breeder was not at an AFA show,
>despite the allegations outlined in Ms. Eckert s post. It was the July
>WarmFuzzy show in PA. And to set the record straight, the individual that
>posted against the breeder from the July PA show, when asked to visually
>identify the breeder, agreed that it wasn t who she thought it was so she
>was flaming the wrong person!
This isn't true. There were two people who brought forward who and what
they saw concerning the abuse at the Warm Fuzzy show in July. I was one of
them. I have never been confused of who the individual was. I have never
retracted what I said. The other person who saw this incident was confused
originally because the next time she saw the breeder, she looked a little
different (the first was a summer show, the second was a fall show, and the
third show was a winter show) and the person looked different to her. This
other witness has since confirmed that it WAS who she originally thought it
was. I have never wavered for an instant on the identity of this person.
I have no agenda then the welfare of ferrets. I have not named this person
outright. However, I may if this person insults my intelligence by denying
it in public or private emails.
>This ferret was being scruffed firmly for disciplinary actions and >he was
>vocalizing as some young ferrets will do. The ferret in question was a 3
>pound, 5 month old hob who bit some folks when they were trying to pick up
>other ferrets. This was not ferret abuse by any means.
I have emailed Ms. McKimmy personally regarding this matter and she has
responded. I think it would be helpful to compile a list of inappropriate
discipline measures to hand out to people who have tables at shows. This
way, there would be no confusion as to what is or is not inappropriate.
--Marissa
[Posted in FML issue 3008]
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