I wasn't able to pull up the newspaper article. I did go through the website. The pictures look like the ferrets are kept in a clean environment and the room looks very large. Anyone in the area that can go visit and find out if everything is as it seems? My views may be a little different than those that posted. If everything is clean, the ferrets are well cared for and loved, get enough people/ferret activity, get proper medical care, proper nutritional foods, and the people are financially stable to care for the ferrets, then I don't view that any differently than a sort of foster home (for shelters where the shelter pays all medical expenses), or a hospice/care home. As long as the ferrets are well taken care of, happy, and healthy as can be (given individual circumstances), why not leave them in a care home? Many of us have seen what torture/neglect/abuse ferrets are put through. I can't imagine any shelter hasn't made a bad call on adoptions some time or another. I know I have. Unless one keeps in personal touch with adopters for the life of the ferrets, there isn't any way to know that the ferrets are properly cared for and loved for their lifetime. Not all people with large numbers of animals are collectors/hoarders. We each have our individual limits. Hugs to all. tle Troy Lynn Eckart, F.B.S. Ferret Family Services http://www.ferretfamilyservices.org http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~sprite/ffs.html http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Haven/5481/ Please sign up to support our efforts http://www.iGive.com/FFS [Posted in FML issue 4000]