If I were someone lurking here from Marshall Farms, I wouldn't post here either with the hostle anti-breeder, PETA supporters on this list.. I for one don't believe anything PETA says after they paid the legal fees for a terrorist from the ALF, yet at the same time, claimed they had nothing to do with the terrorist group..PETA and many groups like it are NOT federal or state run, but only private groups that collect a lot of money and show little for it. They support NO shelters and feed and care for NO animals..They fight to make even dogs and cats either illegal as pets or spayed and neutered into extinction... Now, of course, this list is no place for animal rights flamewars, breeder bashing or crying about unwanted pets..Leave that stuff to the ngs like talk.politics.animals. I'd rather see some useful info on ferrets here...Like nutrition, health and TOYS for ferrets, rather then personal attacks made on breeders who wisely didn't respond, due to the hard fact that no matter what they said in response, they would have their words twisted by some people and be targeted for harrassment by deluded people who believe what the AR groups feed them... I myself have suffered attacks by anti-breeder types..and I only breed rats and mice..Most of which become show animals or pets. I breed maybe 1-2 litters a month at the most and was called a 'puppy mill' for rats....I know rat/mouse breeders who have 100-1000 litters a month and breed mostly for snake food and little else...If I'm a 'puppy mill', then I guess ALL breeders are in the eyes of these people who have nothing to do with their lives then stalk people on the net, looking for targets... [Posted in FML issue 2223]