Hey guys! hope everyone's doing well.. i must agree..this IS extreme and abusive..however i have to also state that, it was incredibly wrong and unprofessional of the AFA delegate (or whatever she was.. TA ..i dunno) to point you out while confronting this lady, Which by the sounds of it..she only fueled the power by saying it was acceptable and supporting her. The TA and other delegates are there to protect the ferrets and YOU from this sort of abuse and other matters at the shows. IF i'm wrong about this.. then i would like to know because i would NEVER show my support by going to anything AFA sanctioned EVER. They are hired and there to look into any matter that is brought to their attention and NOT sluff it off... it seems many creulty cases in this world are over looked by ignorant people or friends of these people. I have to wonder if this TA also does this to her ferrets as well.. only people of the same mind would find the same act of cruelty "OK" and it's NOT!! cruelty is NEVER ok and i think that kathy should write to The AFA (i'm sure they have a board or somthing...i'm rather AFA illiterate) and tell them the callous brush off she got when reporting what she (and obviously many others of us) thought to be cruelty. have a great day Hillary [Posted in FML issue 3004]