>From: Serenity Ann Cromer <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: shelters? >Could anyone e-mail me of any shelters with adoptable ferrets in the >Washington DC or Baltimore area? You're right in the heart of it! All About Bandit Shelter Baltimore Ferret Club Shelter Carol & Jim Scott Director: Nadine Sufczynski Crownsville, MD (410) 923-2417 Baltimore, MD (410) 388-1996 Carroll County Ferret Rescue Fur Thieves of the Heart Director: Terry Fike Directors: Dave & Nelda Clark Taneytown, MD (410) 751-1526 Ft. Meade, MD (410) 674-5053 Shadyside Ferrets & Rescue Sanders Halfway House Director: Ellen Byrne Director: Judith Sanders Germantown, MD (301) 540-2756 Linthicum, MD (410) 850-0143 Just A Business of Ferrets Shelter Misty Run Ferrets Director: Vickie McKimmey Director: Tanya Iacarusoe Leesburg, VA (703) 777-2112 Cattlet, VA (703) 788-1240 Ferret Rescue of Tidewater Director: Lisa Leidig Virginia Beach, VA (804) 481-3954 The Ferrets of Pet Pals - Referral Service Directors: Pam Grant Springfield, VA 22151 Petpals [log in to unmask] Halfway House For Woebegone Weasels Directors: Bill & Diane Killian Woodbridge, VA (703) 590-3473 ((but we are currently empty)) Fran's "Forever Ferrets" Rescue Director: Fran Wiles Gettysburg, PA (717) 337-0045 ((further away but I know she has ferrets)) >From: Bob Church <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Bob C: Rantin' Man Gosh... Did you think we were making fun of you? Sorry. We have more fun making fun of ourselves.... >From: Gary Holowicki <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: marshall farms adrenal nightmare AND >From: alphachi <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: To Sterling and MF.... These were written as if its a certainty that Marshall is evil and does these horrid things. We're still waiting on a credible source of information about how bad it is. The credible sources we've heard from say its not great but far better than you'd expect. We've never heard from a believable source evidence of ferrets being killed at 30 months. We have heard from a credible and knowing source that pointed to an older age which actually is in line with when hobby breeders tend to retire their breeders - after three breeding years. Unfortunately MF is a business. There is little money in breeding ferrets - hence their branching out to other products. They almost have no choice. Doesn't mean we like it anymore than anyone else. And that early alter bit is advocated as a way to reduce the cat and dog overpopulation problem. We agree that its possible and plausible that the early altering does lead to problems but its not proven. But it is also the reason ferrets are not in the same situation that cats and dogs are in. We need to see both sides of this issue. We would prefer that the age slip back to where it was a few years ago (or later). Some of the evils blamed in the past on Marshall are with new evidence being linked to environmental problems in the owners homes not at Marshalls. Viral causes of cancers and the like. If one truly does not like Marshall Farms than one ought to be promoting the alternative of hobby breeders. bill and diane killian zen and the art of ferrets http://www.zenferret.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1932]