Two times now my responses to Trish's "truthful" observations have been rejected. I have no idea what it would take to modify my comments in a manner acceptable to the moderator of this list. If you want my side I guess you'll have to write to me and I can talk to you directly. I believe Vickie McKimmey and AFA officer, co-ordinator of the show in question, a judge at that show and the largest shelter at that show will be willing to send comments in if BIG will allow them. Its real silly that someone can claim I or my friends were abusing ferrets and I am not permitted to respond. If any reader has comment to make about the AFA in general or about this particular show I have been asked by the AFA president and other AFA officers to pass information along to them. If you write to me it will get to the AFA. I have become active in the AFA because as far as I can tell it is the only major ferret organization that is open to new ideas. I made comments to them and they listened and acted on them. I went from outsider to insider only by talking to them and pointing out problems. bill killian (no diane this time) [Moderator's note: Bill's first rejected post was WAY too long. So, for his second post, he tightened things up and split it up a bit... some of it went into yesterday's issue, the rest of it follows. He claims he can speak for the AFA - very well then, here's his... ummm... their side of things. Now, as promised, we can get on with other issues knowing the AFA has officially spoken. BIG] [Posted in FML issue 1793]