I can still see those intelligent little faces peering out of their nesting boxes at us on Sunday. Two rows of little albino females with one sable mitt were intently looking, very few ventured out on the wire bottom of the cage to sniff inquisitively at our fingers. We were cautioned at the beginning to not stick our fingers into the cages and were told repeatedly throughout the visit how much they bite. When we had looked at all in that hall, we were then escorted to the next hall where the sables were kept. We noticed that there were jottings on the wooden doors (bred 6/26/96, 3 kits born, 2 died, 2 living, sick?, etc.) At the very last pen, we noticed a little female with severe hairloss (the notation on her pen said that she had had babies 7/11/96). We told them that we were interested in her and they informed us that we would have to buy a male also since they only were selling them in pairs. That in itself seems odd since they have less than 1/2 the number of males to females. We were then escorted out back to see the males. There we were also greeted with the faces peering out of the boxes. While we were looking at the males, Mr. Friend was regaling us with stories about how bad they bite and how two of the last three pens are the worst biters. By this time, Lynda is in another area and has two ferrets in her arms, Kaye has a male mitt in her arms and Troy Lynn has an albino male in hers (one of the alleged biters), and Mr. Friend was backing away from us and telling us not to get too close to each other. No one got bitten, we were all being careful and were talking quietly to all these babies. I'm sure Mr. Friend probably thought we had taken leave of our senses. When we left, we took five with us (1 female with hairloss and pregnant, 1 male with different size eyes, 1 blind female, 1 male considered not a good breeder, and one mitt). We had to leave many albino, sables, and a few mitt breeders and four kits (all whole). These females are being bred every time they come in heat. The babies are taken away from mom by the time they are four weeks old and then moms are rebred. WE NEED TO RESCUE ALL OF THESE ANIMALS. Please help in any way you can so that we can rescue these poor babies. Keep this injustice from continuing. If you are one of those people who intends to help and hasn't taken the time, NOW IS THE TIME. Money, Transportation, bodies, ideas, anything that you can do to help will be appreciated. HELP, HELP, HELP. *Hugs* Nancy [Posted in FML issue 1708]