>From: Cathy Mallette <[log in to unmask]> > >1) stop stores from selling ferrets or limit the number they sell >2) stop Marshall ferrets from producing so many. I hope it isn't true > but I heard that what they don't sell goes to labs for testing. Saddly I'd like to see Marshall's slow down and I'd love to see petco and petsmart not sell so many ferrets. It wont happen because it's a money driven business. As for being sold to labs the short answer is yea they are. While I hate animal testing I understand it's a necessary evil sadly fuzzies are used to test airborne illness such as flu because theyre respitory system is so similar to ours. It's a terrible hard truth but theyre sacrifice gives us a better longer life. And no one is going to get the testing stopped. Governments will not consent for human testing even on the scum of the populace like death row inmates. But this is only my two cents. Mystic (c) AKA Nathan Karpf [Posted in FML 7341]