The American Ferret Association is opening up a 10 day public comment
period (Sept 30-Oct 9) concerning adding Mischief Maker Ferrets to
AFA's List of Banned Breeders.

The AFA has received numerous substantiated requests and reports
concerning Mischief Maker Ferrets including personal accounts of
inappropriate care and handling of MMF ferrets, failure to find out the
cause of death of MMF ferrets used heavily in MMF's breeding program,
dumping of old, sick and not wanted ferrets to the ferret community
then showing up at a show trying to purchase more kits, failure to work
with other breeders who wanted to get their ferrets back from MMF when
MMF did not like or want the ferret(s) in question.

The AFA feels that Mischief Maker Ferrets does not endorse or support
the mission of AFA or otherwise may compromise the educational aspects
of the AFA. By being added to the AFA's List of Banned Breeders any
ferret bred by a breeder that is banned from showing by the AFA will be
treated the same as a ferret of unknown lineage. Banned breeder ferrets
can be shown in the alter class and are allowed to be shown in the
adolescent class when proof of spay/neuter from a veterinarian is
presented. Banned breeder ferrets are not allowed to be shown in the
breeder class. Any breeder using MMF ferrets for breeding can only show
the offspring of those MMF sires and/or dams once the ferret has been
fixed. Any misrepresentation or omission of data pertaining to the
breeder of a ferret or the breeder of a ferret's sire or dam is grounds
for the individual responsible for the offense to be banned.

Please do not post here. Please send all comments to afaevents @
earthlink.net (no spaces). All comments will remain confidential.

Anonymous comments will not be accepted.

Vickie McKimmey

Just a Business of Ferrets
www.jbferret.com
American Ferret Association
Director of Shows and Special Events
www.ferret.org
Author of Ferrets: An Animal Planet Pet Care Library Series Book

[Posted in FML 6836]