Elle wrote:
 
>Why do we allow (some of us even appear to be condoning!) a ferretry to
>operate in this way?  .......
 
Elle, this is the main difference between ferretry and breeding mill.  The
ferretries are ( ideally) usually dedicated to the raising and imrpoving the
lines and the animal in general for temperament etc.
 
This is the head of the nail-- MF isn't a ferretry-- they are a mill for
ferrets, puppies and their other critters-- hedgehogs and the like at their
Butler Hills affiliate.
 
Sorry to be so blunt -- but they are IN BUSINESS.  We as pet people, I
think, need to learn this fast.  We ( here I mean) have scads of MF ferrets
- some were our original ferrets -- doesn't everyone just fall in love with
a pet shop baby!!  Others are the sick and dying the shelter's can't place--
 
But we have a responsibility to educate ourselves, and others-- it is not
the ferrets fault they get sick-- but it is our fault for supporting this
ongoing malady.  The cycle needs to be broken-- new practices need to be
established.
 
my pennies worth... thanks
 
alicia
a shelter mom
[Posted in FML issue 2232]