>I was wondering if there is a list/file/database somewhere that includes >all known complaints by ferretowners to PetCos? Sort of. There is a website called "Petno: Where the Pets Die" at http://www.peta.org/feat/petco2/. As you can see by the URL, it's a PETA website. While I personally like PETA and support them, not everybody does, and not everyone agrees on PETA's stand on companion animals, so it's yet another personal choice whether or not to become part of their movement against Petco. While their aim of getting Petco to stop carrying animals is the same as many of ours, their motivation is sometimes different and not everyone agrees with them that animals should not be kept as pets (I don't, for example). Some of the stories on that site are quite heartbreaking and hard to read. There are not too many about ferrets; the majority of the stories are about birds, reptiles, and rodents. I don't know if that's because non-ferret people don't always recognize when ferrets are ill or in inapprpriate conditions, or if it's just that fewer complaints come in about ferrets. Some of the bird stories are atrocious, and there are many statements from former employees about the "freezer" euthanization for sick and dying animals. >I know that this would be a major undertaking, but maybe if there was >documentation somewhere, it would help the fight to get ferrets (and >other animals) out of PetCo. If there is nothing of the sort, I would >be willing to start one, but I'd need LOTS of help from you guys. Feel >free to send any suggestions. Personally, I'd support the creation of this, but just wanted to play devil's advocate and say that you may want to be careful HOW you go about setting that up and making it public. I don't know what PETA does when setting up a website like "Petno" and posting stories of neglect and abuse, but I wonder if there are any legal/liability ramifications associated with it that have to be taken into account. Petco being a large corporation, after all, could certainly send a pack of lawyers after an individual or a group of individuals if a website went up that they could claim was libelous and the creators/webmasters had no concrete backup for the stories that were posted on it. PETA may ask for documented stuff before they'll post stories to protect themselves against a lawsuit. Just wanted to toss that out because I wouldn't want to see any well-meaning ferret folks get sued by Petco. Talk about adding insult to injury!! -Heather in Massachusetts [Posted in FML issue 3855]