>We want petco to stick to what they were incorporated to do...sell >products FOR the animals...not sell the animals. Many shelters on this >list, support petco, take blood money from petco and look the other way >when animals die. Now that they're buying ADV positive ferrets will >these shelters and shows continue their support of petco? It sure would be nice if they stopped selling animals but I am told that will never happen. Shelters have to take what they can get in order to survive. SHELTERS do, not stores. Petco has NOT donated or done much for shelters, and the little bit they have donated has not been money but supplies (mostly broken stuff or returned items). If Petco has sponsored any ferret events, it has been a very cheap way for them to reach this demographic. That is fine if they want to waste their money thinking that ferret owners don't know what Petco is all about. More for the events! LOL. I know of NO shelters on this list who SUPPORT Petco. Again, you are sticking your neck out to peak curiosity, but don't elaborate or give examples of WHO or WHAT. I am certain a few shelter operators on here are insulted by what you just posted. I say good, if shelters can get anything out of Petco, that is what they are entitled to since they are handling the burden of Petco's "impulse" inspired selling of animals. By the way, I just learned that the shelter you send sick ferrets to, has been doing some stuff with the Factoria Petco. Are you now going to stop working with that shelter because of it? To any shelter operator who is reading this post...if you can get anything back from Petco...DO IT! Do not feel bad about it. I have tried for the past three years to get Petco to donate to shelters. Mostly, money not supplies because supplies don't pay vet bills! Excuse me, Dr. X, can I pay you in ferretvite or Marshall Farms hammocks? I don't think so. Anything shelters can get, is a plus. Please, just as in the recent case in New Hampshire (thank you Alicia) and the efforts of those of us who called and wrote begging for them not to return those ferrets to the distributor, progress was made and those ferrets are being taken care of. I got a call from a higher up who was shocked at how many calls were received. They are starting to see that the ferret community WONT tolerate mistreatment of these animals. That is a GOOD thing! Kudos to all of you who helped...keep it up because I am sure there will be other incidents where our voices need to be heard. I now go straight to Brian's Assistant because she makes sure he hears about all of it. Everyones participation paid off, especially Alicia's who, even though she has had a whole bunch of chaos lately (fire, van, etc...) devoted her time and heart to this. AMEN to her. When people spend time on issues such as these, it can be exhausting. That goes the same for Tara and Troy Lynn on the Jen issue...KUDOS! P.S. I have talked to Animals Etc. and they didn't even know what ADV was! Now they do. They have moved around and I was able to obtain the following contact information, should anyone wish to speak with them too: Animals Etc. 551 East Route 130 Burlington, NJ 08016 609-986-8442 [Posted in FML issue 3852]