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Date: | Fri, 27 Feb 1998 08:36:12 -0500 |
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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]
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