I would like to start my post by saying that I am a very INVOLVED animal rights activist. I would never suggest that factual information about animal mistreatment or abuse should be witheld from the public ... however... The FML is a place where people go to learn how to better care for their fuzzies, hear fellow ferret-folk narrarate stories about their fuzzies, and offer support and compasion to those who are in need. I THINK this conversation should DEFINATELY be made available to ANYONE who is interested believers and NON-believers alike. I would like to suggest that if there is a FMLer on the list who knows how to start a mailing list (one of those list-bot) things... this may be a better forum for this conversation... If somebody does this please let me know I am definately interested in joining the conversation and will be happy to put in my 2 cents when the conversation is housed in a more condusive environment... also... I would like to encourage anyone on the "marshall farms is not the devil" side to be a part of this conversation... I would also like to encourage those of you who are on the "marshall farms has made a deal with the devil" side to consider actively searching out other mailing lists that deal specifically with animal rights... I am on several of these and as far as I know there is NOT a list specifically devoted to Ferrets but I have participated in list conversations about this very subject on other animal rights lists. Okay well thats my half cent of interest in this subject on this list. Maybe I will run into some of you on one of them other lists! *grin* Dooks, Dance and ... hey... where are you going with my pepsi can? (dont worry folks its not opened)... Bella loves to roll them across the floor! she looks like a little seal! Sooo cute! heheehe... Ya know... before I had ferrets ... I dont think I smiled at 3am very often... *poopy grin*... well, maybe once or twice!... hehehe anyhooo... cheers and hug your fuzzies (they might even hug you back) -Betty [Posted in FML issue 3181]