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Volume 18, Number 4: 2008 - available for purchase
- AFA News: Museum Honors Dogs and Ferrets of War, Blessing of the Animals, Meet the Staff; Laura Hamlett, 3rd quarter donors
- Health Affairs: Addison’s: the Other Adrenal Disease, (.pdf 494kb): Why You Should Consider a Natural Diet, (.pdf 298kb): Breeding Better Ferrets: The AFA Ferret Breeder Symposium
- Living with Ferrets: The Night Before Christmas, A Ferret’s 12 days of Christmas, the Golden Compass: A Must See for Ferret Lovers, Ferrets 101; Grooming Hints, Deaf Ferrets, The Ferret Bible, Ferret Toys
- Shows and Events: Meet the Judges; Toni Sumerlin, 2008 Ferret Buckeye Bash, 2008 Fall Ferret Fandango
Volume 18, Number 3: 2008 - available for purchase
- AFA News: Ferret Brotherhood, The Ferret Community Suffers a Tremendous Loss, Another Landmark in Black Footed-Ferret History, (.pdf 349kb): 2nd quarter donors
- Legal & Legislative: Mandatory Vaccination, Domestic Violence, First Annual Ferret Legislative Ride, AMVA Recognizes New Specialty for Veterinarians
- Living with Ferrets: Demon Seed, The Real Reasons Humans Walk Upright, Cage Training a New Baby Ferret, America Runs on Dunkin, One Very Happy Mckid, Ferret Thieves, Dealing with Euthanasia, (.pdf 255kb): With Great Sadness, DVD review: Stardust, Book Review: Wildwood, Yes Virginia, There Really is an Easter Ferret
- Shows and Events: 2008 Spring Nationals, Spring Ferret Fandango, 18th Japan Championship Ferret Show, Rustic Extravaganza Ferret show
Volume 18, Number 2: 2008 - Black Footed-Ferret Special Edition - available for purchase
- AFA News: It’s a First, AFA Committee Goals for 2008, AFA 2007 Financial Statement, Black Footed-Ferret Alert, Ferret Poop News, 1st quarter donors
- Health Affairs: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, AFA Member Vet Listing
- Living with Ferrets: The State of the Black Footed-Ferret 2008, (.pdf 323kb): Black Footed-Ferret Timeline, Recovery of the Black Footed-Ferret,(.pdf 232kb): Meet the Staff of Prairie Wildlife; Travis Livieri, April Pietriacovo, Ann Marie Gage, Black Footed-Ferret Adoption Profiles, BFF Seek & Find
- Shows and Events: Inland Northwest Ferret Show, 17th Japan Championship ferret show, Ferrets of the Year 2007
Volume 18, Number 1: 2008 - available for purchase
- AFA News: Companion Pets are Forever, An Open Letter to the Ferret Community, Thanks for the Raffles, Volunteers Working Hard, 4rth quarter donors, Black Footed-Ferret Update
- Health Affairs: Ferrets 101; Natural Diet, Insulinoma in Ferrets, Hypoglycemia Emergency Care, How to Hand Feed a Sick Ferret
- Living with Ferrets: Coming Home With a Boo, More Adventures of Peach Fuzz, How One Man is Helping Recover our Ferret’s Wild Cousins; Travis Livieri, Breeding Time, Ferret Proofing Your Home, Elliot Goes..., Henderson: A Tribute
- Shows and Events: 2007 Dooktober Fest, 2007 Winter Nationals, Upcoming shows and events
Volume 17, Number 4: 2007 - available for purchase
- AFA News: For the Noodleman, Committee Updates, Rick Schradin Memorial, 3rd Quarter Donors, Education Makes Life Better for Ferrets, Flower: the Kalahari Desert Rose, AFA Donor Level, AFA Gift level
- Health Affairs: The Mongo Memorial Distemper Titer Study, How to Clip a Ferret’s Nails, Ferrets 101; Choosing a Proper Diet, (.pdf 310kb):Weasel Weight Watchers
- Living with Ferrets: Saving Cinnamon and Peppy, Gift Wrapping with Ferrets, Help Stop Negligence of Pet Store Ferrets, (.pdf 381kb): Quarks
- Shows and Events: Meet the Judges; Paula Woodland, Dooktoberfest - Titer Study Benefit, 2007 Ferret Buckeye Bash, 2007 Fall Ferret Fandango, Upcoming shows and events
Volume 17, Number 3: 2007 - available for purchase
- AFA News: Ferrets packed? Check!, Affiliate Shopping, Le Furet, 2nd Quarter Donors, Ferrets: the pursuit of Excellence, Meet the Staff; Ellana Strickbine, Petey TPO
- Health Affairs: ECE, International Ferret Symposium, How to Bathe a Ferret, Major Rescue Efforts Need Your Help
- Living with Ferrets: Ferrets featured in Fantasy Art, Mobility Aid for Ferrets, Talking with Mary vanDahm, What’s in a name, Celebrity Ferret Movie Review, Why I Should Have a Ferret, Quarks
- Shows and Events: Meet the Judges; Mary McCarty, Japan Championship Ferret Show, Three Rivers Ferret Sshow, Emmett Ferret Shelter Specialty Show, Upcoming Shows and Events
Volume 17, Number 2: 2007 - available for purchase
- AFA News: Save the Date, AFA Committee Goals for 2007, AFA 2006 Financial Statement, Meet the Staff; Bridget Stansky, The Ferret Store Bids Us Goodbye, Mike Janke; Ferret Friend, PBS Special; Ferrets, The Pursuit of Excellence
- Health Affairs: Poisonous Plants and Flowers, Validity of the Dominance Tube Test
- Living with Ferrets: Litter Box Training, The Further Adventures of Peach Fuzz, Shelter Spotlight: Ferrets Unlimited, The Making of a Celebrity Ferret; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD review, Quarks, In Memoriam: Cheeba, Life with Ferrets, Open Arms for a Special Boy
- Shows and Events: Meet the Judges; Kathy Bulgrin, Inland Northwest Show, AFA Spring Nationals 2007, Spring Ferret Fandango, 2006 Ferret of the Year winners, Upcoming shows and events
Volume 17, Number 1: 2007 - available for purchase
- AFA News: A Warm Welcome to 2007, Ferreting Out the Work of the AFA Committees, Help Wanted, The Presidents Report, Member Survey, The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and the Black Footed Ferret
- Health Affairs: Hyperadrenocorticism: Adrenal Disease
- Legal & Legislative:Ferret Freedom in Columbia, MO
- Living with Ferrets: Quarks, The Great Wide, Wild Outside, Oliver and the Mystery Box, Ferrets 101, Trixie Memorial, Shelter Spotlight: Oxford Ferret Rescue
- Shows and Events: JFA Championship Ferret show, Winter Nationals 2006, Upcoming Shows and Events
Volume 16, Number 4: 2006 - available for purchase
- 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 - available for purchase
- 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 - available for purchase
- 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 - available for purchase
- 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 - available for purchase
- 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 - available for purchase
- 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 - available for purchase
- 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 - available for purchase
- 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 - available for purchase
- 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 - available for purchase
- 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 - available for purchase
- 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 - available for purchase
- 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
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