>This is what happens when people decide to get too involved, too >passionate, & too judgmental, when they have no first-hand knowledge >of the situation. ITA. >Once again, before someone starts throwing flak in my direction, let >me say again - I have no personal knowledge of this person, or their >operation, nor am I interested in it one single bit. I have no opinion >about them, & I do not support *nor* condemn them. How can I, when I >haven't even been there? I'm just pointing out a few things that >people need to think about before commenting further... > >If this is indeed a bad situation that is against the rules set forth >in the Ohio laws, then it needs to be rectified. If it turns out they >are w/in the law, they need to stop being harrassed. That's the only >opinion I have. But please, people, think first & type later. Finally a reasonable opinion :) There was an inspector there and he apparently found the farm to be within the law. I was there and didn't see what the rescue people said they saw. I have no reason to lie about what I saw (or really didn't see) while I was there. I'm not asking anyone for money or trying to win supporters, it doesn't personally matter to me if what is being said is true or not. I am happy with the ferrets I got there - they were in good health when I got them (no fleas, no ear mites, weren't starved - they were chubby with great coats), they were never very nippy or bitey (even the baby). They now have grown up to be beautiful, healthy adults. That is what matters to me personally. So I posted my experience with buying ferrets from DM. My opinion on the "rescue" of these ferrets is that most shelters I have heard of, visited or looked at online are almost always overfull with the typical owner surrender petstore ferrets. I have found it a bit shortsighted to purchase ferrets (and a lot of them) to bring into rescue when the rescue doesn't have the funds to cover spaying/neutering or basic health care for so many. I am also unsure if the rescue is also still taking in owner surrenders or if they have closed their doors except for the ferrets they are purchasing from DM. The original story, back in I think Oct was DM was going to dump all of his ferrets on this shelter. That rumor was debunked by another rescue calling to confirm it with DM - who then posted DM was not looking to surrender his ferrets and he was not about to kill any of them if they weren't gone ASAP. Then the story changed to the rescue was going to purchase all of the ferrets there, which I guess is still the idea? My idea? How about purchasing kits from MF to prevent them from going to petstores where they are stressed, housed improperly, fed poor quality food and exposed to disease form other animals? Petstore ferrets seem to make up a large number of ferrets that end up in rescues to start with, so you'd just be cutting out the middle man right? Preventing them from suffering in petstores, then going to ignorant owners. Perhaps if you can buy enough there won't be any left for the petstores to sell? Nikki [Posted in FML 5540]