Hello, I would like to share what I know about angora ferrets. This summer my friend Sylvia Leder was visiting me from the Netherlands. For those who don't know her she is the founder of the ferret club over in the Netherlands. I ask her if she would like to see a video tape of my friends angora ferrets. Well 2 minutes into the video she became VERY angry. This is what she shared: She was heartbroken that Denmark (the fur capital of the world) has taken something as healthy and wonderful as the ferret and inbred it to produce the angora. She came up with greed as the cause of this and I too agree. I explained to her the angoras on the video were no longer living, they died before age 2!! Cost per angora 2000.00. All of this is crazy!! It is NOT fair to the ferret to NOT be bred to be strong and live MANY good years!! The breeders DO know what they are doing!!! To Joanne: I hope angoras out there live more then 2 years!!! I am glad you cared enough to learn more. Someone mentioned starting a Angora club....now that is a great idea, people need to share what is happening with there angoras. To Kathy: sorry to say that what has been done to cat and dog world concerning breeding HAS entered into the ferret world, inbreeding is something I frown on in animals and humans! To Tammy: your post was well said on inbreeding, this for sure does NOT need to be going on in the ferret world. To me this is cruel!!!!!! I hope this is an eye opener to some. BIG, thank you for allowing me to join the fml. Your the best!! I will be signing off so please remove me from the list. No hard feelings, just time to sign off. Debbie Scott, Louie, Mia and rest of the gang of fuzzies. http://www.blarg.net/~critter/dscott.html [Posted in FML issue 3329]