The site I brought to everybody's attention on Marshall Farms is excellent
and DOES contain new material.  It was written that it was the same old,
same old.  I highly recommend that you read it if you are concerned about
the plight of puppy mill ferrets.
 
What was of particular importance to me, despite the various topics, was
that the USDA seems to be basically worthless.  I was really dismayed for
all animals upon learning about the USDA in this article.  Why are there
not more citations on Marshall Farms than there have been if they are so
awful throughout the years?  Read this article to find out.  Go to
Excite.com, and type in The Marshall Farms Story.
 
The good news is that the USDA is being sued for their atrocious conduct by
the Doris Day Animal League.  You can go to their site via AskJeeves.com to
find your congress person, and his or her name, address, and e-mail address
to let them know how you feel about Marshall Farms and other puppy mills
for ferrets.
 
I was basically called a liar because I wrote that Dr. Susan Brown is our
ferret expert.  You are not to believe any of the articles on Marshall
Farms found on the web because I lied about Dr. Brown?  There was not even
any logic to this, and I seriously thought about not responding to someone
mud slinging.
 
However, I think some of you will be delighted when I tell you about this.
You know the show-The Greatest Ferret Show on Earth- coming up in Chicago
that so many of us love?  It is there because of our GCFA -the Greater
Chicago Ferret Association.
 
Guess who started the GCFA?
 
Our Dr. Susan Brown and Janice Miller.
 
For those of us that get the GCFA shelters newsletter, whose articles we
have been reading for years?  Dr. Susan Brown wrote all of those.  Mary of
FAIR tells me that she wrote all of those specifically for GCFA-the shelter
that Dr. Brown founded.  WOW
 
Dr. Brown-who is semi retired now-has been an exotic specialist for 16
years.  She has spoken all over the country, specifically to other vets on
ferrets at ferret veterinarian conferences.  She has spoken also in England
and Scotland at ferret vet conferences.
 
She is co-author of a book dedicated half to rabbits, and half to ferrets.
She wrote all of the book pertaining to ferrets.  I have given away most of
my books, as I wrote months ago.  Can a GCFA member recall the exact name
of the book?  Mary of FAIR is sure of this fact also, but her books are in
storage since her move.
 
(By the way-for those of you that have one of my books that has finished
with it-I hope that you have passed it on to someone else to read.)
 
STAR listed Dr. Brown at the Midwest Exotic Animal Hospital for several
years.  Dr. Browns name is still first on the list of vets at Midwest
despite her 3 years leave of absence for personal reasons.  She is revered
there.
 
As I have written, I called the list of vets STAR recommended within a 50
mile radius in both 1998 and 1999, and spoke personally with the vets
recommended concerning ferret surgeries.  Most all referred me to Dr. Brown
at Midwest Exotic Animal Hospital.
 
Dr. Brown IS a renowned ferret expert.  She goes beyond FML popularity.
She is someone who has made an impact on all ferret owners by the
information she has shared with other veterinarians throughout the country
and in England and Scotland.
 
End of Part 1
[Posted in FML issue 3181]