Hi Folks I received the following mail today, it so infuriated me that I have simply forwarded it. If I tried to write it down I would be flying to Sweden and assaulting assorted *%*#$* ferret vets and breeders. So please read it and pass the info on. If we work together we can stop this disgusting practice BEFORE it becomes common. Mia By the by, Mia, I forgot to mention it and I don't know if Kitty told you, but we had a little Swedish Long Haired jill (also called an Angora I think) come to us. She was going into season regular as clockwork then cycling out when we put her with one of our boys, but she was NOT getting pregnant. We did some checking around and heard that the Swedes were removing the uterus but leaving the ovaries in these little girls. We couldn't believe it ( what sort on unconscionable idiot does something like that to the sweetest little critters on G-d's green earth?) but once we heard that most of them which had been brought over here had died and only the ones who their owners knew of the situation and had rushed their little girls to the vet to have the ovaries removed also were still among the living, we did the same. Sure enough, the G-d damned Swedes had removed her uterus and left her ovaries. I know, that >for a fact cause I was there and I watched those ovaries come out, and there >was NO uterus in there either! It seems that is common practice in Sweden >for show dogs and some dolts figured it out to work on wizzles too. Would you pass on this info to any and every one you can think of who has the slightest thing to do with ferrets in any way? Particularly any one who has anything to do with ferrets coming in from Europe and most especially Sweden. If the word gets out we can either get the practice changed or warn owners and prospective owners that they MUST get their new little jills in to a competent vet to get those ovaries removed before the natural course of events kills their new little baby. Disgustedly, Tommy BC Ferret list - http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/5172 [Posted in FML issue 2470]