Hi Everyone! There has recently been much concern and many discussions about what fate awaits the elderly black-footed ferrets. I was just wondering what breeding facilities such as Marshall Farms, Path Valley, etc. do with their ferrets who are past breeding age. Do they euthanize them?! Do they find homes for them? Do they have a facility to let the old ones live their lives out in peace? Since it does not seem financially intelligent for a breeding facility to have a special place for old ferrets and I'm sure MF and other breeders aren't about to take the time, make the effort, or spend the money to find homes for elderly ferrets, I can't imagine what else they would do besides euthanize them. If this is the case, and they just euthanize old ferrets because they are no longer profitable, I will be extremely disturbed. This would mean probably thousands of sweet ferrets are killed each year because they can no longer reproduce. Does anyone know what happens to these elderly retired breeding ferrets? Thanks, Katrina Ramsell and Tilly, Molly, and Sabella [Posted in FML issue 1215]