I just had to post that what Teri from AVAR says in her correspondences w/ Alicia is REPULSIVE! I cannot believe a group that supposedly represents 1500 veterinarians OPPOSES animals being kept as pets! Don't they TREAT pets??? I'm confused... Regardless, I'll be sure to steer clear of these groups, and any OTHER groups that support this stand. If you all recall, this all started when people on the FML set out to discover whether or not MF was actually trying to set up shop in France. Now it's turned into THIS! It's amazing what you can learn second-hand! I sincerely hope that Teri's views are NOT shared by the majority of AVAR board members & the like. I hope she is just off her rocker & boardering on senile - & *not* representing the views of the supposed 5000+ AVAR membership. To say I was (& have been) upset over the letters posted here as of late would be an understatement. I am too emotional a person to go writing letters to Ms. Teri...I would sound like a lunatic & most likely fuel her idiotic ideas. I DO encourage those who HAVE been writing to CONTINUE writing; perhaps find ANOTHER person to correspond with!!! Maybe we should cross-reference the opinions of those in AVAR...as I said before, HOPEFULLY she is the only one w/ these views & she now just happens to have the "forum" or outlet to voice them. This is by no means a *flame*...if anything I am whole-heartedly *flaming* TERI & AVAR! :P As I said before, please continue your correspondence w/ this group, in hopes that *some day* we'll reach an INTELLIGENT individual who will listen to common sense! There are my 15 cents...I really just had to say what was on my mind regarding this situation. It SADDENS me, really. Let's all PRAY that this will all be put to rest knowing that our BABIES are protected, perhaps that MF & other mills are shut down, but by no means PRIVATE REPUTABLE BREEDERS! Amy & the brat pack [PS] I also realized that in one of Teri's letters she mentioned that ferrets are euthanized in shelters. Am I mistaken, or aren't most, if not ALL the ferret shelters in this country NO KILL??? If anything, it is the DOG/CAT shelters that may receive a ferret & euthanize it without calling a ferret shelter to pick it up...I'm sorry I'm rambling on! == Visit Miya, Nina, Rascal, & Jack (along w/ Jason & Amy) @ http://www.geocities.com/petsburgh/park/9394/home.html [Posted in FML issue 2919]