>From:    tara taylor <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: behind the doors of Marshall Farms....
>the stuff i'm going to tell you is not rumors or my own opinion, it's
>facts from a report by US inspectors during an investigation of the MF
>facilities.
 
Have you got the actual source (citagtion) so we can see this report?
 
Re: Research Ferrets.  I'm actually quite surprised that so few go to
research.  I doubt that all 8000 are subjected to vivisection at the whims
of the researchers.  What realisitic alternatives exist to using animals
for medical testing and research?
                                        -Erin...
 
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   Mr. Erin M. Ennis    |       Any sufficiently convoluted argument can
 eennis(at)zoo,uvm,edu  |       be made to appear to be science as the
 Water Resources Major, |       layman equates incomprehensibility with
     Biology Minor      |       science.                -Unknown
    Uni. of Vermont     |
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[Posted in FML issue 2327]