I received this today.

>We were very shocked to see the information put out by PETA about one
>of our suppliers, so myself, two other veterinarians from our Quality
>Assurance team, and several executives flew out yesterday to the
>Rainbow Exotics facility unannounced.  We thoroughly review all of
>the facilities and their practices.  Much to our relief, we found
>the facility to be in good order.  Without going into details, I can
>honestly say that much of the PETA propaganda was "staged".
>
>Nick Saint-Erne, DVM
>Quality Assurance Veterinarian
>PetSmart, Inc.

Of course, Rainbow may have expected such a visit and done a quick
cleanup since the story was aired.

Linda Iroff
International Ferret Congress
http://www.ferretcongress.org

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