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AFA Shelter Director Response
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[log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 21 Dec 1987 19:14:00 -0500687_- Sorry to take so long, but job changes and other such stuff made it
rather difficult to find the time to get this rolling. Now things have
stabilized, I'm finally able to do something with it.

List of Charter Members of the Ferret Mailing List:

evans@mhuxt (Steve & Sukie Crandall)
[log in to unmask] (Tom Danisavich)
[log in to unmask] (Susan A. Musil)
tjs@tropix (Timothy J. Spires)
davis@utx1 (Gary A. Davis)
alan@sequent (Alan Gardiner)
[log in to unmask] (Leonard Bottleman)
[log in to unmask] (Shu-Ju Wang-Burgess)
[log in to unmask] (Janet L. Crow)
mnetor!uunet!vsedev!FMPMIS!scott (? - mail was mostly garbled) [...]44_21Dec198719:14:[log in to unmask] 8712 26 33 12_Adminstrivia14_Chris R. [log in to unmask], 21 Dec 1987 19:14:00 -0500616_- I'm going to run this quite informally for the time being.

For the time being, please mail any contributions to:

ferret-list@spectrix

I've included some useful paths in the trailer to this article.

I will manually forward them back out. I will make some changes to
automate this in the future, but not quite yet. Part of the reason
why this isn't being automated now is the fact that of necessity one
of the recipients has to be anonymous. Sounds wierd ... Unfortunately,
this person has their ferret in a state where ferrets are (still)
illegal and has asked me to [...]44_21Dec198719:14:[log in to unmask] 8712 60 21 26_New Moderator Introduction14_Chris R. [log in to unmask], 21 Dec 1987 19:14:00 -0500495_- We have three ferrets:
1) Nicia - very small (overweight) sable femal, at least 2 years old.
Indirectly from the pound. A real fighter (surviving several
medical crises), and a real sweetheart.
2) Mocha - normal size (1 3/4 lb) sable female, obtained as a baby
about 1 1/2 years ago. A sock eater (with feet inside).
Have tried many thigns, simply can't stop her.
3) Toby - 3 lb. silver-mitt male, obtained as a baby. 9 mos. old.
Big, stupid, and friendly lummox. [...]44_21Dec198719:14:[log in to unmask] 8712 82 29 23_New Member Introduction22_Steve & Sukie [log in to unmask], 21 Dec 1987 19:14:00 -0500394_- We have 2 ferrets at our place - Hjalmar (an exceedingly stupid but
friendly 3 pound, 2 year old male), and Fritter (a very smart 2 pound
3 year old female). A few weeks ago we lost Hale to an illness that she
had been fighting for several months -- she was over 7 (we have no idea
what her real age was as she was purchased as an adult -- she may have
been as old as 9). [...]39_21Dec198719:14:[log in to unmask] 8712 112 28 23_New Member Introduction14_Tom [log in to unmask], 21 Dec 1987 19:14:00 -0500385_- Hello,

I've had my ferret for over a year now and I wouldn't trade him for anything.
He's an albino, and about 3 years old.

As to training him, my brother and I have managed to train him to come to the
sound of a whistle. This was done by rewarding him with his favorite snack
(cheerios) every time we would whistle. Now all you have to do is whistle and [...]39_21Dec198719:14:[log in to unmask] 8712 141 22 23_New member Introduction14_Susan A. [log in to unmask], 21 Dec 1987 19:14:00 -0500640_- Ferrets: Did someone say ferrets! I've thought about getting one
of these for years, until I was told they weren't allowed in CA.

For same! But, I'd still like to know 'bout 'em. Maybe one of
these days I'll move...

[log in to unmask]@oberon.usc.edu
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University of Spoiled Children
Downtown Ellay

[I heard about a ferret owner from Oregon moving to California and
the authorities confiscated the animal. Fortunately, the owne
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I thank Mary McCarty for responding to a message that was on the Friday
FML.  I wanted to add a few comments though that Mary didn't.
 
I am responding to the following:
>>She is also 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.
 
AFA Shelter Director Response:
>I just wanted to clarify the above statement.  AFA does not police any
>of the shelters listed on the AFA website (www.ferret.org).  We do not
>have the financial means, nor the manpower for such an undertaking.  We
>state clearly on our website that The AFA does not endorse any shelter
>and can not warrant the accuracy of the list offered.
 
There are shelters who are I am sure indeed shelters that do not want to
be listed on the AFA shelter list.  This is their choice.  Unfortunately,
we have also listed people who we were lead to believe were shelters and
weren't!  There again we can't be everywhere all the time so we have the
above statement.
 
My Shelter Committee does not share publicly any information we may
obtain on shelters while visiting them.  We are visiting them as a ferret
enthusiast, not as a volunteer of AFA.
 
All that being said, I am hoping to bring about a new program to Certify
Shelters for the AFA.  This might give a little added confidence to
people wanting to find true shelters.
 
Faith Hood
American Ferret Association
Shelter Committee Director
[Posted in FML issue 5007]

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