I tried to read the posts about Marshal Farms but just couldn't get through them all. All of the ferrets I have ever owned are from Marshal Farms and I love them tremendously. I would never look at a ferret, say "oh he's from Marshal Farms never mind" and walk away. I'm sorry they breed and sell to Labs, but think about this please: Every ferret needs a good home. And just think, if you do buy a Marshal ferret, then you are giving that ferret a much better home than he would be getting somewhere else. So boycott buying Marshal Farms ferrets, and then they'll end up in the same fate that the Lab animals do. Think of it as saving them. You may not like the practice of Marshal Farms, but the ferrets can't help where they come from! [AH] [Posted in FML issue 3622]