I will not get into this controversy. I think it's a lot of speculation from people who are jumping on rumors and have little or no facts to back them up. I just wanted to say that I attended the central Florida LOS show (a fun match) in April (?) and Kit and Caboodle was there with at least 30 ferrets. My delight came when my friend's 2 Marshall Farm pet store purchased ferrets beat out K&C in two rings, actually placing first in both. OK. I was jealous too. But, we laughed all the way home about her two lowly pet-store ferrets beating out several privately bred ferrets. K&C were not the only private breeders there. Katharine [Posted in FML issue 3211]