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American Ferret Report Archives: 1999 - 2006
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Volume 16, Number 4: 2006
- AFA News: Ending=Beginning, A Christmas Story, AFA Member Survey
- Health Affairs: Blood work; What Those Numbers and Letters Mean, AFA Member Veterinarians, AFA Vet listing
- Living with Ferrets: Quarks, Symphony in Ferret: A Blind Man’s View of His Fuzzy, Pink Noses and Bunny Feet
- Shows and Events: Upcoming Shows and Events, Ferret Buckeye Bash, Inland Northwest Fall Ferret show, Fall Ferret Fandango, Harvest Expo
Volume 16, Number 3: 2006 - AFR Special Anniversary Edition
- AFA News: Who We Are and What We Do, AFA Celebrates 15 years, 2nd quarter donors, Fishbowl Raffle winners, Ferret Store Discount, What’s in a Name winners, AFA Membership Committee Heads to Toronto, Black Footed-Ferrets are Back: Liberty
- Health Affairs: Ferret Nutrition 101, A Decade of Development in Ferret Medicine and Care, Annual Checkups & Vaccines, Ferret Health Checklist
- Living with Ferrets: California; a Disaster in the Making, Our Best Hope for Legislation Now
- Ferrets around the World: Japan Carries on the AFA Tradition, Found and Lost
- Living with Ferrets: For SH’s Firestorm, So You Think You Are a Ferret Lover, Ferret Songs, Don’t Go with the FLO, Ferret Seek and Find, Help Petey TPO Save Our Shelters
- Shows and Events: Spring Nationals 2006, 2005 Gold & Platinum winners, Ferret of the Year awards, Best Dressed, In AFA Shows and Judging
Volume 16, Number 2: 2006
- AFA News: From the Editor: Maternal Instinct, A Warm Welcome to Our New AFA Officers, First Quarter Donors,
Chef Furo Cookbook Raffle Winners, 2005 Financial Statements, Ferret Store Discount, AFA Logo Pendant/A Look at the Artist, AFA
Goals for 2006, CEP ADV Testing Provider, DIM Memorial Research Fund
- Health Affairs: Respiratory Disease in the Ferret, Disseminated Idiopathic Myositis in the Ferret
- Living with Ferrets: Quarks, Life With a Hob, Smoky Woozle: A Tribute
- Shows and Events: Ferret Fandango 2006, Inland Northwest Ferret Show 2006, Meet the Judges (Mike Orlowski), Japan
Ferret Show
- Guide to Advertising: AFA membership and Product Form, Pamela Slack Memorial Fund, Côté Animal
Hospital, Melatek
Volume 16, Number 1: 2006
- AFA News: From the Editor: Changed by Pets, A Message From the President, What’s in a Name?, AFA News,
NEW ADV Testing Service, AFA Membership Raffle Results, 2005 Donors
- Health Affairs: Respiratory Disease in the Ferret, Animal Welfare Standards for Ferrets
- Living with Ferrets: Stuck in New York, "Peach Fuzz" Launches a Fuzzy to Stardom
- Shows and Events: Winter Nationals 2005, Meet the Judges (Vickie McKimmey), Hail to the Clerks!
- Guide to Advertising: AFA membership and Product Form, Pamela Slack Memorial Fund, Côté Animal Hospital, Melatek
Volume 15, Number 4: 2005
- AFA News: From the Editor: Season’s Greetings, What Your Employer Can Do to Help the AFA, Something "FISHY" Is
Happening at the AFA, Help Wanted; Education Committee Director & Health Affairs Director (and Team), Ferret News, Paris’
New Accessory, British Firm Takes Offense at Fashion Clothing Line for Ferrets, Virginia Helen Ramsdell Childs, AFA Member
and Vendor Survey
- Health Affairs: Veterinary Symposium Six, AFA Member Vet Listing
- Living with Ferrets: Has Your Ferret Met Life Today?, Life After Adrenal Surgery, Inexpensive Toys: A Ferret’s
Delight, Crochet Patterns for Ferret Toys, Ferret Shows in Heaven, Quarks by Norka, The Twelve Days of Mustelids
- Shows and Events: Fall Ferret Festival, Monster Mash 2005, Meet the Judges; Scarlett Gray
- Guide to Advertising: AFA membership and Product Form, Pamela Slack Memorial Fund, AFA Veterinary Symposium
Proceedings books, AFA ferret color poster, Vetcare, Littleton Animal Hospital, Franklin Veterinary Hospital, Parkway Small
Animal & Exotic Clinic, South Kendall Animal Clinic, Northview Animal Hospital
Volume 15, Number 3: 2005
- AFA News: From the Editor: Why We’re Here, Chef Furo Update, Ferreting Out the Work of AFA’s Committees,
AFA 2004 Financial Statement, 2005 Donors
- Ferret News: USOC Demands Name Change for Ferret Olympics, Biologists Encouraged by Ferrets’ Progress, Quizno Update
- Living with Ferrets: Disaster in a Shelter, The Relief Effort, Three Stages of Disaster Preparation, Whiskers, Boots, and
Baby Boy, Dear Little Friend, Amazing Ferret Feats, Quarks by Norka
- Ferret Health: Cardiac Disease in Ferrets
- Shows and Events: Inland/NorthWest Ferret Show, Ferret Buckeye Bash, 2004 Gold and Platinum Ferrets, Meet the Judges;
Ann Barzda & Kerry Fabrizio
- Legal and Legislative: A Far West Battleground for Ferret Freedom, Pet Domestic Ferrets Now Legal in Dallas
- Guide to Advertising: AFA membership and Product Form, Pamela Slack Memorial Fund, IDEXX Laboratories, AFA Veterinary
Symposium Proceedings books, AFA Holiday cards, AFA ferret color poster
Volume 15, Number 2: 2005
- AFA News: From the Editor: Saying Goodbye, Many Thanks to Our Show Sponsors, Volunteers, Vendors,
Exhibitors, and Judges, Budget Ills Endanger Rare Ferrets, Air Ferrets: Virgin Atlantic Provides an Alternative, Pets
on Parade Day, Trapped Dog Rescued by Ferret, There’s Something About Mary, AFA Open Positions
- Ferret Health: Blood Collection in Ferrets
- Living with Ferrets: The Plan, Earning Her Keep, Quarks by Norka
- Shows and Events: JFA Championship Ferret Show, Spring Nationals Ferret Competition, Ferret Fandango 2005
- Legal and Legislative: Baby Ferrets Need Your Help Now!
- Guide to Advertising: AFA membership and Product Form, Pamela Slack Memorial Fund, AFA Veterinary
Medical Symposium, AFA ferret color poster
Volume 15, Number 1: 2005
- News: From the Editor: First Love, Letter to the Editor
- AFA News: Meeting AFA’s New President, Available Positions, 2004 Accomplishments & 2005 Goals
- Ferret News: Subtle Signs May Indicate New Form of Abuse, Nebraska Shelter Operator Indicted, Danish
Dealer Fined & Banned, AFA Member & Vendor Survey
- Shows and Events: Winter Nationals 2005, Pacific Northwest Ferret Show
- Health Affairs: Immunology 101, Part 3: Antibody Titers & What They Mean
- Living with Ferrets: Quarks by Norka, A "Little Star" Shines on The Little Dudes Ferret Ranch, An
Orphan’s Tale, A Day in the Life of a Ferret Owner
- Legal & Legislative: State by State
- Guide to Advertising: AFA membership and Product Form, Pamela Slack Memorial Fund, AFA ferret color poster
Volume 14, Number 4: 2004
- News: From the Editor: Hillary Snow Bear
- AFA News (.pdf 284kb): AFA Committee Positions Open,
Ferrets and the Matrix, A Loss for Black-Footed Ferrets, My Ferret is an Honor Student, 2004 Donors, AFA Committee Updates
- Shows and Events: Harvest Ferret Expo, Monster Mash (2004)
- Living with Ferrets: Proper Cage Set Up, Traveling with Ferrets
(.pdf 576kb), The Way We Were, Now and Then, A Ferret Rescue, Ferret Haiku, Quarks by Norka
- Guide to Advertising: AFA membership and Product Form, Pamela Slack Memorial Fund
Volume 14, Number 3: 2004
- News: From the Editor: Coming Up for Air, Letters to the Editor
- AFA News: PETsMART Begins Selling Ferrets in its Store, Hagerstown Rescue: The Trial, Update on
Erika’s Case, Ferrets in California (Legally), IFC 2005 Ferret Symposium, 2004 Donors, Cameron’s First Christmas
- Shows and Events: Inland Northwest Ferret Show, Ferret Buckeye Bash (2004)
- Medical News: Immunology 101: Distemper Vaccines
(.pdf 308kb), Medical Letter to the Editor
- Living with Ferrets: Whose Tattoo is Whose Rewrite, The Nite Before Christmas, Quarks by Norka
- Legal and Legislative: Michigan: Oblivion and Back (.pdf 972kb)
- Guide to Advertisers: AFA Product and Membership Form. Pamela Slack Memorial Fund
Volume 14, Number 2: 2004
- News: From the Editor: Taking the Dive, Campaign 2004
- AFA News: Ferrets on CBS Morning Show, Delta Airlines Promote Ferrets as Pets, Paris Hilton: Ferret Ambassador,
Nebraska Ferret Shelter Operator Cited on 23 Counts of Animal Cruelty, Black Footed Ferret in 2004 (.pdf 428kb), What’s Happening in the AFA Membership Committee
- Shows and Events: Ferret Fandango (2004)
- Medical News: Heartworm Disease: Q & A (.pdf 316kb)
- Living with Ferrets: First Ferret, Whose Tattoo is Whose?, Quarks by Norka
- Legal and Legislative News: Governor Schwarzenegger “Ferrets Out” Boondoggle for State Agency, California Ferret Law:
Turning Respectable Citizens into Criminals, A Step in the Right Direction: Ferrets Declared Legal in Minneapolis
- Guide to Advertising: AFA Product and Membership Form, Pamela Slack Memorial Fund, The Ferret Breeders Network, The Great Wall
Volume 14, Number 1: 2004
- News: From the Editor: Ferret Ambassadors
- AFA News: Men’s Journal Slanders Ferrets, Michigan 10 Year Ferret Legalization Celebration, 2004 Donors,
AFA Financial Statement 2003, Greetings from the Office: Tara Palaski
- Shows and Events: 10th JFA Championship Ferret Show, Spring Nationals (2004), Judges News, 2002 Companion
of the Year, 2002 Ferret of the Year
- Medical News: Immunology 101 (.pdf 140kb): Familiarity with Some Basic Concepts of Immunology Is Needed to Understand
How Vaccines Work
- Living with Ferrets: To Breed or Not to Breed (.pdf 452kb),
Quarks by Norka
- Legal and Legislative News: Disseminated State by State: Legislative Issues that Impact Ferrets, Concerns
Over Non-Native Species May Cause Problems or Ferrets, California Bill SB89
- The Long and Short of It: Protecting Your Ferret from Summer Heat
- Guide to Advertisers: AFA Product and Membership Form, Pamela Slack Memorial Fund
Volume 13, Number 4: 2003
- News: From the Editor: Playing the Odds, Letters to the Editor
- AFA News: The Future of AFA: Now a General Endowment Fund (.pdf 340kb)
- Shows and Events: Winter Nationals (2003)
- Medical News: Disseminated Idiopathic Myositis in Ferrets (.pdf 268kb),
AFA Aleutian Disease Grant Fund, The Goal of Vaccination, More Drugs for Ferrets: Minor Species Act and Minor Use Animal Health Act Pending in Congress,
DIMS Case Report Form
- Living with Ferrets: Kitchen Mayhem: A Ferret Owner Discovers Why There’s Never Any Food in the Fridge, Quarks by Norka,
Taking Your Ferret Outdoors, Disaster Response Training: Rescuing and Sheltering Animals in Natural and Manmade Disasters
- Guide to Advertisers: Pamela Slack Memorial Fund, AFA Advertising Rates
Volume 13, Number 3: 2003
- News: From the Editor: Making Time for Ferrets, Letters to the Editor, California Legalization Efforts
- Shows and Events: Ferret Buckeye Bash, Monster Mash (2003)
- Medical News: Disseminated Idiopathic Myositis in
Young Marshall Farms Ferrets (.pdf 300kb), AFA’s 5th Annual Vet Conference a Success
- Living with Ferrets: Euthanasia: What to
Expect (.pdf 148kb), Enhancing Your Ferret’s Playtime
- Guide to Advertisers: Pharmacy Creations, Pamela Slack Memorial Fund, AFA Product and Membership Form
Volume 13, Number 2: 2003
- News: From the Editor: Goodnight, Sweet Prince, Letters to the Editor
- AFA News: Legalization Efforts, KidsHealth Spreads Misinformation, Kaopectate Reformulation,
Passport’s for European Ferrets, Regulating Animal Supplements, Ferret Advocacy, AFA Welcomes Dr. Crum, AFA Breed
Standards Part 2, Ferret Advocacy at Work
- Shows and Events: Ferret Fandango, Inland Northwest Ferret Show (2003)
- Medical News:Diagnosing Aleutian Disease in Companion Ferrets (.pdf 284kb),
ADV in the Shelter, AFA Position on Ferrets and Toxoplasmosis During Pregnancy
- Living with Ferrets: Elliot Goes.. to the Movies, A Ferret’s review of Along Came Polly,
The Fuzz on Ben Stiller
- Guide to Advertisers: PureVax by Merial, AFA Product an Membership Form, Pamela Slack Memorial Fund
Volume 13, Number 1: 2003
- News: From the Editor: My Summer Vacation, Letters to the Editor: Annual Vaccinations,
Hagerstown Rescue (.pdf 464kb), Quizno Update
- AFA News: AFA Spotlight on Service, AFA Ferret Breed Standard Part 1, Chicago Drops Proposed
Ban on Ferrets, AFA 2002 Financial Statement, Sally Heber Interview, Coming to a Theatre Near You: Along Cane Polly
- Shows and Events: Kobe, Japan Results and the Spring Nationals (2003)
- Living with Ferrets: Great Ferret Escapade, Petfinder Happy Tale: Not Your Average Bear,
Ferret Intelligence
- Guide to Advertisers: Mazuri Ferret Diet, Pamela Slack Memorial Fund, AFR Advertising Rates,
AFA Veterinary Symposium, AFA Product and Membership Form
Volume 12 , Number 4; 2002
- News: From the Editor; Have Fuzzy, Will Travel; Letters to the Editor; Feeding Ferrets on Flights;
Food Labels; Ferret News; Quizno, the Burned Ferret (.pdf 115kb); Ferret Symposium
- AFA News: News from Education Committee; Judges News; AFA Voluntee Wish List; AFA "No Lose" Membership Raffle;
Message from the AFA President;
- Shows and Events: Harvest Ferret Expo 2002; 7th Japan Ferret Show; Holiday Ferret Expo 2002; Shows and Events List;
- Living with Ferrets: Happy 10th Birthday Yazy!; So You Want a New Ferret (.pdf 80kb);
Is a Handicapped Ferret Any Less a Ferret?
- A.F.A. Membership and Product Order Form
- Guide to Advertisers: Mazuri Ferret Diet; Pamela Slack Memorial Fund AFR Advertising Rates; AFA Veterinary Symposium Flyer;
Volume 12 , Number 3; 2002
- News: From the Editor; Effect Positive Change; Rabies Studies in Canada; AFA Offers Specialty Judges Training Program;
AFA Financial Statement for 2001; AFA Volunteer Wish List; Ferret Shows in the U.K. (.pdf 84kb)
- Shows and Events: Ferret Expo 2001; 5th Japan Ferret Show; Planned FerretHood Championship Show; 6th Japan Ferret Show;
Ferret Expo 2002; Tristate Ferret Extravaganza ’02; Inland NorthWest Ferret Show 2002; Pacific NorthWest Ferret Show 2002; Ferret Buckeye Bash 2002
- Medical News: Rethinking Annual Vaccinations
- Shelter News: Thinking of Starting a Shelter? Tips to Make
Your Shelter Great (.pdf 84kb)
- Living with Ferrets: Pet Food: The Lowdown on Labels; Food Storage Tips; Ferret-Proofing Quiz
- A.F.A. Membership and Product Order Form
- Guide to Advertisers: Mazuri Ferret Diet; Pamela Slack Memorial Fund AFR Advertising Rates; AFA Veterinary Symposium Flyer; The
4th Annual Inland NorthWest Ferret Show Flyer
Volume 12 , Number 2; 2002
- News: From the Editor; An Introduction; AFA Urges Ferret Owners to Get Involved in Efforts to Regulate Kit Sales; Ferret Lovers
in California Need Your Help; The Animal Welfare Act: Ferrets Need Not Apply; Being A Ferret
Breeder: Things To Consider (.pdf 552kb); Spotlight on Eli Greer: Champion of Black-Footed Ferrets
(.pdf 452kb)
- Shows and Events: Ferret Buckeye Bash 2001; Harvest Ferret Expo 2001; Inland NorthWest Ferret Show 2001; Holiday Ferret Expo
2001; Show Photos
- Medical News: Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Ferrets; Recognising Gastric Ulcers in Ferrets: Advice from a Shelter Mom
- Living with Ferrets: Litter Training Ferrets: A True Yet Unusual Tale;
- A.F.A. Membership and Product Order Form
- Guide to Advertisers: Mazuri Ferret Diet; Pamela Slack Memorial Fund AFA Logo Necklace and Earrings; AFR Advertising Rates; AFA Ferret
Checks; AFA Spring Nationals Ferret Competition Flyer
Volume 11 , Number 4; 2000
- News: From the Editor; In Memory: Karen Yaremkowych; Johnston kills AB 854; NYC campaign needs support; Farm in New Zealand
raided; Salt Lake County changes law; Totally Ferret recalled; USDA to define ’distress’ for lab animals; TWA compromises on charges
- AFA News: If you can’t beat ’em...volunteer!; Shopping online supports the AFA;
AFA Position Nomination Form; Minutes of the AFA Annual Board Meeting
- Shows and Events: AFA Ferret Expo 2000; AFA Super Ferret Expo
- Special Species: Boosting reproduction in BFF; Black-tailed prairie dogs at risk
- Medical News: Pain management; Rabies compendium updated for 2000; Scientists learn more about the brain using
a ferret model
- Living with Ferrets: The art of mustelid massage (.pdf 262kb);
Shelter Solutions: Volunteers (.pdf 108kb)
- A.F.A. Order Form
- Guide to Advertisers: ZuPreem Premium Ferret Diet; AFA Logo Necklace and Earrings; Ferret Fun-O-Rama; Shady Hollow Ferretry;
Totally Ferret; Ferret Surgeries Video; Ferret Checks; The Ferret Store; Charles Weiss, D.V.M
Volume 11 , Number 3; 2000
- News: From the Editor; CFL cries ’fowl’ over testimony; New York City lawsuit moves forward; AFA 1999 Financial Statement
- Shows and Events
- Medical News: New medical treatment for pyometra in the breeding jill (.pdf 32kb);
Drug for treating mast cell tumors being tested in dogs
- Kits and Caboodle: AFA to produce resources for ferret breeders; A Breeder’s Formula; Breeding ferrets in Japan is a new venture;
Black Sable (song); Some jills only think they’re pregnant; They grow up so fast (photo essay) (.pdf 326kb)
- Shelter Listings
- Living with Ferrets: Long and Short of It: Heartworms and ear mites and fleas, oh my!; Ferret Daffynitions; Shelter Solutions:
Avoiding breaking ties: How to adopt bonded groups of ferrets; My ferret is lost...What do I do? (.pdf 134kb);
Our Wonderful Critter; Ferrets of the Month: Marge and Lisa (.pdf 50kb); Help Inga Find Her Socks
- A.F.A. Order Form
- Guide to Advertisers: ZuPreem Premium Ferret Diet; Linda’s Scratch Art Images; Ferret Surgeries Video; Totally Ferret;
Charles Weiss, D.V.M; Shady Hollow Ferretry; Ferret Extravaganza 2000
Volume 11 , Number 2; 2000
- News: From the Editor; Ferrets draw crowd at Super Pet Expo; A.F.A. and L.I.F.E. launch campaign
against A.D.V.; Pat Wright, founder of Ferrets Anonymous, jailed;
- A.F.A News: A.F.A. Judges update training and procedures;
- It’s Show Time: Shows and Events; The Greatest Ferret Show on Earth #11; Japan Ferret Association
Championship Show; A.F.A. Holiday Ferret Expo ’99 (.pdf 331kb);
What makes a show quality ferret? (.pdf 263kb); A day at the ferret races (with the fastest
ferret in the world); Preparing your ferret for a show; Shelter Solutions: Are ferret shows an appropriate place for shelter adoptions?;
Long and Short of It: Going to the show;
- Medical News: Diagnosing and preventing A.D.V. in domesticated ferrets; New treatments for hyperadrenocorticism in
the ferret; Hormone supplementation after bilateral adrenalectomy; Review of Ferrets: Health, Husbandry, and Diseases;
- Living with Ferrets: A mustelid for the millenium; How many words can you ferret out?;
- A.F.A. Order Form
- Guide to Advertisers: ZuPreem Premium Ferret Diet; Super Pet Expo (.pdf 96kb);
Ferret Extravaganza 2000; Totally Ferret; Linda’s Scratch Art Images; Shady Hollow Ferretry; Ferret Surgeries Video; Charles Weiss, D.V.M
Volume 11 , Number 1; 2000
- News: From the Editor; Ferret supporters sue New York City (.pdf 8kb);
Tyson’s ferrets starved, but no charges filed (.pdf 61kb); Weasels and martens targeted in
world wildlife war; Review of Presumed Ignorant!; Poem: A lesson in humility
- Letters to A.F.A: Best Friends: Smudge and Willow
- Shows and Events
- Special Species: B.F.F. released in Utah; Government sued for poisoning prairie dogs; Mustelid Minute: Wintertime weasels
- Medical News: Contagious diarrhea in ferrets returns with a vengeance (.pdf 15kb);
A photo review of esophagostomy feeding tube placement; Review of Essentials of Ferrets, A Guide for Practitioners; Peer review in place for A.F.R.
- Shelter Solutions: Adoption angst:the approval process
- Living with Ferrets: Dog catchers learn new tricks; Loving to death; Long and Short
of It: Healthy ears = happy ferret (.pdf 43kb); The night after Christmas; To sleep with ferrets, you first must play; Mozart’s ghost under my bed;
Fergie’s only night in the waterbed; Ferrets save the world from Y2K
- A.F.A. Order Form
- Guide to Advertisers: ZuPreem Premium Ferret Diet; Linda’s Scratch Art Images
Volume 10 , Number 6; 1999
- News: Californians can’t stand the suspense; Airlines face doubled penalties; U.S.D.A.’s Animal
Care reports activities; Toronto ferret symposium rescheduled; Support needed for N.Y.C. (.pdf 15kb);
Corrections; How ferrets are preparing for Y2K
- Letters to AFA: Tylan helping out in Ohio; Ferret program on TV; Watch out for prostate health
- AFA News: Appointments to AFA judging system (.pdf 15kb)
- Shows and Events
- Medical News: Esophagostomy feeding tube placement; Veterinarians face business challenges
- Special Section: Nutrition Notes: Review of the nutritional needs of the ferret; Sweets for the sweet; When hungry
ferrets will not eat; Kibble comparison: taste and guaranteed analysis; Junk food junkies (.pdf 106kb);
Good ferrets, bad food; Trick or treat; Interpreting pet food labels
- Living with Ferrets: This little ferret went to market; Excerpts from a ferret’s diary; Book Review: Pets - Part of the family
Volume 10 , Number 5; 1999
- News: N.Y.C. Dept. of Health Bans Ferrets; Calif. AB 854 Clears One Committee; H.S.U.S. Launches Internet
Channel for Kids; Jarmain Sentenced Reductions Made in Animal Testing; A.I.D.S. Patients with Pets Suffer Less Depression; Texas
Shelters Safe from Quarantine Requirements
- Letters to AFA: Concerned about FERVAC-D (.pdf 28kb); FERVAC-D Safe
Compared with Other Vaccine Products Special Species: Births to Celebrate, but Caution for the Future; A.F.A. Members Monitor B.F.F.
Jills and Kits
- AFA News: A.F.A. Represented at A.V.M.A. Annual Convention; A.F.A. 1998 Financial Statement
- Shows and Events: Events List; A.F.A. Procedures for non-A.F.A. Championship Ferret Shows
- Medical News: Medical Treatment of Hyperadrenocorticism; New Drugs for Pets Abound; Coronavirus Identified as Cause
of E.C.E.; Could Vaccine Tested in Zoo Species Help Ferrets? (.pdf 32kb); AccuPath Closed;
Pamela Slack, D.V.M., Memorial Ferret Medical Research Grant Fund
- Gimme Shelter: Ferrets Earn Piece of $1.5 Million from PETsMART Charities; Shelter Stories: Emily; Becoming Nonprofit
Organizations Benefits Ferret Shelters; Shelter Stories: Ben; Keeping a Cage Interesting (.pdf 156kb);
Ten Commandments for Ferrets; Shelter Stories: Broadway; It’s Been a Year?; Long and Short: Excuses, Excuses; Sometimes We Rescue Ferrets:
Sometimes Ferrets Rescue Each Other; The Benefits of Forming a Multiple-Shelter Association; Home-based Shelter Not in Your Blueprints?;
Shelter Listings; Poem: The Meaning of Rescue; Educational Opportunities Shelters Can Provide to the Public; Shelter Stories: Suzy
Volume
10, Number 4; 1999
- News: Shelters
to be Special Focus; Calif. AB 854 Passes Assembly; Senate
Natural Resources Committee; Genetically Modified Crops Bug
Government; B.F.F. Fund Update; E.U. Cosmetics "Cruelty
Free";
Ferrets Not Included in Petition to U.S.D.A. (.pdf 55kb);
In Memory: Suzanne Resinger; Volunteers Needed on California
Borders; Ferrets Featured at Nat’l. Pet Week Activity; Toronto
to Host Ferrets 2001 and DaVinci’s Lady and Ermine; Australian
Prohibition on Importing Ferrets Under Review; Domesticated
Ferrets Face Uncertain Future in New Zealand; Legislation
Introduced to Protect Pets from Airline Hazards; Airlines
Bump Pets on Hot Days
- AFA News:
Show
Me the Ferrets! (.pdf 602kb);
Japan Ferret Association Show (.pdf 859kb)
- Medical News:
Medical Emergencies in Pet Ferrets; Code Red! Ferrets in the
E.R.; U.C.L.A. Opens Cancer Treatment Center for Pets; F.D.A.
Publishes Guidance; Cool Tips for Hot Ferrets
- Living With Ferrets:
Bungee Jumping Without a Cord; Ginger Meets the Inkjet Printer;
Perfection
Comes in Furry Packages (.pdf 252kb); The Ferret Proofing Myth; Training Humans;
Life with the Animals; How Ferrets Got Me a Job; Favorite
Events at the Ferret Olympics
- Shows and Events
- AFA Product Order
Form
Volume
10, Number 3; 1999
- News: Calif. Tries, Tries Again: AB 854 Introduced,
In
Memory: Dr. Pamela M. Slack, New Director Appointed to D.F.G.,
S.C. Reconsiders Retail Sales, Melton Sentenced in Massachusetts,
Ferrets Make Good Business Partners
- Letters to AFA:
Ferrets as Therapy Animals, Under the Sofa (song)
- Special Species:
Make Way for Martens!, Prairie Dog Status to be Reviewed,
Southern Sea Otters Swim Home, Otters Spared Rabies Test
- Medical News:
Vaccine Reactions: Treatment and Prevention, A
Cautionary Word about Febreze,
C.D.V.: Infection, Presentation, Prevention,
C.D.V. in the Shelter Population, Quarantine
Comes to Calgary C.D.V. Outbreak in Milwaukee
- Living With Ferrets
Ferret Keeping in Western Australia, Making Friends with Lizzy,
Can
Ferrets Understand What We Say?, Baron, Grizzly, and Scooter,
Jazzed about Jasmine, Feds Nab Hungry Beavers, Speedbump,
Flake Skating
- Shows and Events
- Focus on Shelters:
Warm Hearts in the Cold North
- AFA Product Order
Form
Volume
10, Number 2; 1999
- News: DFG:
Politics as Usual in California, Ten-day quarantine in Calgary,
and Mustelids Take Manhattan
- Letters to AFA:
Westchester Fallout Continues, Ferret Muzzle, Aleutian Mink
Disease in Michigan and Correction
- Special Species:
Survival of BFF May Depend on, Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Endangered
Species Act Turns 25, Biologist Corrects Misleading BFF Story,
BFF News Flash, BFF Living Near You!,
and A Honey of a Badger
- Shows and Events
- Kits and Caboodle:
Special Breeder Issue: Building a Successful Breeding
Program, Hobs Keep Ya Hoppin’, Americans Go Ferretin’,
Are You Tough Enough to Breed Ferrets?, and Peas in a Pod: Expression of Undesirable
Genes in Ferrets
- Medical News:
Clinical
Drug Trials in Ferrets with Adrenal Disease, What Every Veterinarian Should
Know About Ferret Obstetrics
- Rescue 911
- Living With Ferrets:
Bebe’s Story,
Draw the AVMA’s Attention
to Domesticated Ferrets, BFF Adoption Kits Available, and
Things Ferrets Are Good At
Volume
10, Number 1; 1999
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