>... on the shelter list for the AFA.  An influencial member of which has
>been to the shelter and has seen it first hand.  She then passed on, to
>the ranking members of the AFA, not only the validity of the shelter, but
>also the fact that it was the CLEANEST shelter that she has ever been
>to, this AFA member likes to go to the shelters for just this reason.
 
I just wanted to commment that the AFA does not police shelters and we do
not do home visits.  Anyone can be listed on our Shelter List.
 
The AFA Shelter Committee is currently working on a shelter certification
program and those shelters that would like to go through it will have a
home visit - from their vet, but not from any AFA volunteer, Officer or
Board Member.
 
When the program is ready to go, Faith Hood (our wonderful Shelter
Director) will post out to all the groups with the information.
 
Thank you for reading!
 
Mary McCarty-Houser
Vice President, American Ferret Assn
www.ferret.org
[Posted in FML issue 5003]