This is not meant to fuel a debate on MF nor any argument of personal philosophies, just a legitimate question regarding the euthanasia practices, and the sharing of a personal experience. I once witnessed the method of "euthanasia*" used at a mink farm [*certainly not a technically appropriate term for this practice but I noticed the same term used in reference to MF's practices of exterminating their breeders, so for the sake of continuity...] First, I want to tell you that prior to this exposure, I relegated the notion of mink farming to that of beef or chicken. While I never believed in exotic furs, I felt minks were "domesticated stock" perfectly suitable for farming. After witnessing the results of minks being kept in small cages {they actually experience a psychosis which manifest as repeated indentical circling movements and a series of other identical repetative motions}, and watching the "farmers" grabbing the mink by their head and twisting while all the time the mink was twisting all about putting up quite a struggle prior to its neck being snapped. I suddenly had a deep and lasting change of heart. Mind you, all of this was before I even knew what a ferret was [their similarities both physically and behaviorally are striking]. Anyway, even for the experienced mink "farmer", this practice of euthanasia was neither as quick nor as clean as you might imagine [wily little things, aren't they?], but it is highly cost effective. So with all this talk about MF and their euthanasia of breeder ferrets I began to wonder what methods they used. Does anyone actually know? [Posted in FML issue 1817]