About 8 years ago, I was dating someone in Wisconsin. I spent entire weekends about every three weeks with his family at their home on Lake Michigan. The young step mother there became a good friend. We went to church. She was in the church choir. She had a loving, handsome, kind, doting husband and money from him for a stunning home and acres of land. I thought she had everything. I respected her. I really liked who I thought she was and what I thought she believed in. I never saw or heard anything to lead me to believe she was not who she represented herself as being. She was a fake, fraud, destroyer of heart and home. And it was calculated for years. She expressed no remorse at the destruction she caused around her. It was a shocker. If I was told that she had abused a ferret at a ferret show-BEFORE I learned of her true nature, I would have gone up to her to share with her the ridiculous accusation that I had heard. We would have had a good laugh. The Point??? You never will actually KNOW anybody. That is just One important reason why a group should never police itself, or friends, cohorts, etc. One cannot be impartial when judging a person one has already formed an opinion about. An accusation has been made that a small animal was hurt intentionally at a ferret expo. There was no representative there for the ferrets to protect them. WE CAN make a difference at future shows. Please offer your services at the shows I am reading about that are coming up, and let us know how you are received. For the ferrets Lisette [Posted in FML issue 3006]