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  • I signed a petition so they could unban ferrets, I really love them and so do my daughter.

  • Ferrets are awesome. Fuck Giuliani!

  • I love ferrets so much.

  • mother f*ck. banned! fuck you ny people fuck you

  • Seriously! It's true "People kill more people than ferrets, people should be banned." Ferrets, if taken care of, make great pets just as dogs and cats do. I can understand don't have a huge Boa Constrictor or a Tiger, but there are some nut jobs that will in their own tiny apartment! I say don't ban them, just require a license, just like other states. It drives me crazy to know my city is run by ban/law-making happy nuts. Ferrets for Freedom all the way!

  • Ferrets are what happens when gawd gives sox brains`

  • see, a few irresponsible fuckwits, ruins it for ALL! Banning ferrets is NOT the answer!

  • Ferrets are like the Slinkys of the pet world!

  • That's Why Harold was sad!!!

  • @tobiawsome123 SO SAD!!!! OH HORRIBLE!! yesss! :)

  • They are illegal in my city, but the vet actively advertises that they take them, they have ads for them on craigslist, and I have three myself.

  • funny! my mom said i cant belive you canot have a ferret in New York City

  • ZOMG

  • I'd leave the state before I would ever give up my 2 beloved ferrets

  • how u dare band ferrets

  • @laestrella345 The ban happens because of a few irresponsible fuck wits! But the blame also goes to the people for voting in this fuckwit of a mayor, and believing his lies, AND for NOT standing up and protesting this ban.

  • I love my two Baby Ferrets!! there awesome!

  • lol awesome im favoriting

  • The whole world has become a cage because of these red-light and blue-light cameras. They must be banned! 1984 must come to an end!

  • I voted for Ron Paul, not our former jerk mayor. Greetings from Queens, NY.

  • I love this :)

    I'd cry if they took my ferrets away ;-;

  • @SwumpTheRump same here

  • What is with the banning with ferrets hamsters etc.

    come on

    I bet this is petas plain

  • He tries to take my Ferret Fawn he would be in hospital

  • they ban ferrets but nothing said about about bears lets sit and think for a minute

  • NY outlaws ferrets but they let Paris Hilton in? What is wrong with this world?

  • this is why we must ban ferrets :) Watch this video on youtube:  v=IjmezlojXqA&feature=related

  • there is a ferret rabies vaccine!!!

  • I'm eventually gunna get one and wow this is a discrase poor ferrets thier lovable and cute

  • All because people can't distinguish between domesticated ferrets and wild ferrets- It's kinda like the difference between ordinary ghouls and feral ghouls.

    And you killed everyone in Tenpenny, right? See, that proves my point.

  • They're banned in Gaston County, NC too becasue they say they can't be vaccinated against rabies.... stupid.

  • @Ummto2 I live in Guilford County, NC & never heard of that...Wow. My ferret says to tell them to take HIS RABIES VACCINATION TAG & SHOVE IT!!!!!! This is unbelieveable discrimination against ferrets! Some folks are just plain ignorant...& not to mention, close-minded, when it comes to darling little pet ferrets.

  • ferrets cant even kill ppl, will they ban hamsters next?

  • Domesticated ferrets aren't harmful. I love how some people make it seem that ferrets are dangerous.

  • The only possible way I can see a ferret killing a person is by having that person asleep with the ferret biting out his throat.. but what are the odds of that kind of crap!?

  • FUCK YOU, RUDY GIULIANI!!!

  • i have a ferret hes the best ever never but me once

  • Stupid is as stupid does. In the case of Darwinism , Rudy Giuliani is in the stupid part of the gene pool. He didn't evolve well enough to have a well developed brain. The part that processes common sense. I think I'd rather be stuck with Obama as president than have an animal hater as a president. He'd have the power to get rid of every " exotic pet " in the country. I'll say to Rudy Giuliani " Well , tell me this , where do you think dogs originally come from? Wolves! Wild wolves you idiot! "

  • How the FREAK can a ferret kill a person?

    More people kill ferrets then ferrets kill people.

    Rudy must be on some crack, because ferrets are not even close to a LION! Hello Rudy! Anybody there?!

  • Fuck you Rudy Giuliani! another fucking HITLER FAN! even if i dont live there!

  • Mr. Giuliani needs to be punched, or shot, in the face regardless.

  • i would punch him in the face if he tried to take my ferret away from me...

  • More dogs have done damage to humans than ferrets ever will. The only places they're illegal in die to ignorance is California, Hawaii, and NYC.

  • I had a ferret named benjamin. he died 4 mos. ago. i miss him

  • Rudy Giuliani involved in 911 coverup and blocking first responders health care! peice of shit

  • HAH! Ferrets? DANGEROUS?!

    Check my newest video and show the people who made ferrets illegal, MY video! They're even less dangerous than... a turtle!

  • i wonder if the person who posted this video made it ???

  • I want a ferret.

  • what a cute way to make this point!

  • Ferrets are illegal in NYC (not the whole state, just the city), in all of Cali, and in Hawaii.

    There may be a few more cities or districts that require license ownership so please do check your laws before you get a ferret. Just because they sell them in the pet store, does not make them legal.

    I love my ferrets, I wouldn't give them up for the world :) They are special little animals but definitely not for everyone.

  • I own 5 ferrets and they can smell up the room after a while. But I wouldn't give them up for anything!

  • I wanted a ferret but then I found out theyre illegal in NY :P Why would they be illegal in ny but not everywhere else?

  • They are illegal in many places.They are only banned in NYC because I live in Woodbury and you can have them anywhere in NY exept the city!!!

  • Why are they banned?

    It's hard to get your head round that when you live in the UK

  • are ferrets still baned from NY?

  • No,they are still banned in NY however,they are only banned in NYC,not everywhere else in NY.Only the city!I know because I live in NY an hour from the city.

  • Any kind of nervous stray pet would bite.

  • in my city someone who on top hate horse and he ban it too...lol people are crazy

  • This is why you live in NJ right outside New York City lol they cant say shit there lol even if new york city spreads into it, its NJ state territory not new yorks lol

  • Ferrets are sweet wonderful animals and they are not wild animals in fact they cannot survive on their own in the wild. Only very rarely does one bite for real and even then its no worse than what a hamster can do.

  • i was at a pet store i met a ferret named jaws he atacked my coat OMG he bit a coat its not like they need the coats dwn there fuckin assholes

  • gheringhap: i do! and i love him to death! you can reduce the odor!!!!! its quite simple once you know what youre doing!

  • ferrets are adorable and wonderful animals so i think i speak for everyone wen i say u should go burn in hell :)

  • ooohh ouch!...burn in hell?? whatever.

  • I've got 3 ferrets and I don't know what I would do without them... Luv them to Death! 0.o

    --age 15 ][llinois

  • noob i love ferrets dont say they stink noob and they dont

  • anyone that has ever been "bit" by a ferret. knows that its a litle tiny nip . they are playing. i live in texas where wild critters are everywhere. i was smoking at work outside and a possum walked righ tin front of me without ever being startled or alarmed. hell i worry about bee's or fire ants more than my ferret . i have never liked Rudy Fooliani.

  • Fantastic video, fantastic cause.

  • heh. ferrets for freedom every day!

    'people kill more people than ferrets, people should be banned!' very funny.

  • haha so true, it was funny

  • I have a prescription for my ferret from my doctor so he is protected just as if he was a guide dog.

    If people are afraid of ferrets getting loose and breeding in the wild they should require all ferrets being sold to be fixed, and have special permits to breed them. Ferrets are not allowed by state law in California too.

  • All ferrets are sold fixed and descented, unless you go to a private breeder.

  • Hawaii also has a ban on ferret, cause they will supposedly spread rabies...yet all ferret rabies related cases in teh US have been linked to vaccine testing. Go figure. Law makers should get ACCURATE data before banning animals. Dogs are a greater threat than a 2 lb ferret.

  • wait... did this actualy happen?!?! or is this a joke? im confused... see i live in australia, and i have two ferrets. is this just a joke, or did it really happen?

  • Yes he did really ban them from NY City. It is pure stupidity.

  • WHAT THE HELL?! Why? i mean sure ferrets might get a little edgy sometimes, but its not like they run around hunting people down. Wild dogs are more likely to kill anybody then a ferret. Wow you learn something new every day

  • They are banned in Queensland here in Australia as well.

  • your freaking kidding me? i live in Vic, so this is new news to me. this is stupid! Aw man i have no faith in the political system..

  • i have a ferret and i love her more than any other pet I've ever had and she is harmless so i don't get this. If someone took her away i would tear them into little pieces while they wr still breathing...

  • lol i don't care if ur rong

  • i live in new york i had 2 pet ferrets and one day i woke up to a cops flash light in my eye and they just took them and told me that i wa giving them adatud by crying. Its redickuless! Why the hell would you banned a fuzzy little animal that i had since i was 11. i pay taxes i pay my bills and wheres the mony going? there spending tax payer money to take away fuzzy little animals this is major bullsit!!!!!!!!

  • i love my ferret. his name is george, and he is my little weasle boy.

  • And as a side note, I haven't been a ferret parent for very long, but I have done a lot of research, and David (the gentleman on the talk show that received Guiliani's wrath) has been most helpful with everything, and has spent quite a bit of time on the phone with me so I could benefit from his years of experience.

    I would tell everyone who wants a ferret as a pet, read, research, and read some more, speak to a vet with experience, speak to people that have ferrets, they make excellent pets!

  • They make great pets, and the biggest danger is posed by owners who don't know how to care for ferrets. The only creature in danger are the poor unfortunate ferrets. If descented, they barely smell, and most are fixed and descented. They only way to get an intact ferret is to go to a breeder, and 99% of breeders will only sell intact ferrets to other breeders. There goes the theory that there will be a population explosion if they escape. As far as bites, cat bites are MUCH worse.

  • ... Ferrets, on the other hand, are almost completely dependant on their caregivers for everything. That being said, there is a huge difference between a ferret, a stoat, a polecat and a black footed ferret. The three latter species are wild, and cannot be kept as pets.

    Also, ferrets were COMPLETELY banned by RG in the late 90's. Up until that point, you could have a ferret with a permit. There were no grandfather clauses that allowed you to keep a ferret after the ban.

  • There is a lot of misinformation posted here. Let me correct some of that. Dogs were most likely domesticated somewhere around 15,000 years ago. Cats were domesticated during the Egyptian dynasties. Ferrets, somewhat less. Probably around 2,000 to 2,500 years ago. Dogs, while completely domesticated, can survive in the wild because they are scavengers that can eat just about anything. Cats, for the most part, can survive in the wild, though have considerably shorter lives than housecats...

  • I want a ferret! Darn the laws,ignorance is not bliss ;__;

    Why don't they ban all rodent animals,they're pretty "wild" too? They'll overbreed and harm children xD

  • you could get one. people have them in NYC....they even sell ferret food in pet stores even in manhattan petco.

  • btw she was 11 months old, in fact

  • mankind domesticated the dog, then the ferret, then the rabbit then the cat. IN THAT ORDER. it's not hard to do a little research and see that a ferret cannot survive more then 4 days on average with out a human to take care of it. Today's ferret is more domesticated then any cat or dog will be. They can at least still survive if you dump them on their butts.

  • i agree with the first part about domestication. on the other hand, ferrets are very intelligent and agile creatures. so they can easily survive w/o humans - e.g. feeding on rats, mice, etc. banning ferrets from a city is just stupid, ofc. problem is only some 10% of ferret owners know how to properly keep a ferret.

  • No, your average domesticated ferret CANNOT survive in the wild, most ferrets never get a chance to practice their hunting skills as kits, and might not even recognize a rodent as food if it sat down in front of them.

  • i TRIED it and not just read about it.

  • Well, obviously you either trained your ferret to hunt or you're fortunate enough to have one that still has his (or her) hunting instincts, in which case, I'm impressed with both you and your fert.

  • is it probable that over there and here we have slightly different breeds? - just asking, i really dont know. we do not call them ferrets in our language but "hunterferrets". i found them quite vicious hunters indeed, attacking moving targets - even humans. watch?v=-uge_OaWC0Q - she is one of them when she is 8 months old and i tried hard to train her NOT to bite previously :)

  • Ah, yes, it's mostly the breeding and raising of American ferrets that makes them bad hunters, in countries where they're still bred for rabbit hunting, they'd be better off. Of course, all ferrets tend to bite until they're trained not to.

  • Yeah your wrong, my dad is a vet

  • roflmao

  • Ban Ferrets? Well you hear some weird laws like that every century. Is he still mayor? Failed for precidency which will never happen as long as ferrets aren't hated nation wide or more than 50% of the voting population. Some peole keed much deadlier animals as pets which stops people from seeing any sence of his argument even if it were a good one. Me against the law for his stupidity at reasoning for it. I'm sure he has skills but isn't showing them very well. Oh well Freedom for Ferrets.

  • Ferrets are the BOMB!!!!!! (they are NOT vicious or anything like that...they nip sometimes but they are not like vicious dogs that do ALOT OF DAMAGE!)How could they be banned!

  • Well, the point wasn't that they were vicious. I don't think anyone thinks that.

  • Wow, you don't even get MY pun. I was saying they should ban you, "smartie".

    Horses are exotic.

    Birds, raccoons, foxes, big cats.

    And they are legal in several states.

    Why?

    Because we have control of them, and if something happened, a responsible owner would take wise action.

    Whereas you, I suppose, would start freaking out. ^^

  • Horses are not exotic, only some birds are exotic, raccoons and foxes (and skunks) are esoteric (still not exotic), and big cats are usually exotic.

    And the exotic ones are highly regulated, and usually require permitting and, for big cats, insurance.

    And yes, making a pithy assumption on my personal response to a roaming raccoon has sooooo much to do with the topic.

    By your logic, an insect farm is exotic. I'm afraid thats not quite how things work.

  • that mayor is a freak.

  • i got something up my ass for rudy

  • Ferrets are the best! How could they ban them in new york?!?!

  • that is very sad :( ferrets are wonderful pets (for those who can properly take care of them and keep them safe) and are so playful and loving. When people see our ferret they always think he looks mean, but he is the sweetest thing!

  • Putin et vous êtes fier de mettre la vidéo sur youtube vous ? Comme les autres disent , c'est un furet pas un jouet ! C'est comme si toi on te fesait faire un truc que t'aimais pas ! Vous etes vraiment con ! Franchement c'est honteux

  • Excuse-moi mais... de quoi tu parles ?

    Fais-tu parti de ces gens qui s'imagine que les furets vivent à l'état sauvage ?

  • Mais t'as rien a voir? C'est juste une video contre l'eradication des furets dans l'Etat de New York. Nulle part ils ne disent que les furets sont des jouets :/

  • I have two of them and i love them they are cute they ant mean or nothing

  • I live in NY and I want a ferret...

  • What he should have said is: Sorry, you live in a communist state! Come live in missouri, we don't tramp on your rights down here.

  • 'They should ban people not ferrets!' XD Agree!

  • ferrets arent wild creature so they may hunt other animals so do dogs? nd i never seen a loose ferret roaming around in my life look at other big cities.

    I live in nyc and i approove of tis message

  • I've heard rumors of some creeping in the sewers, but that may be as fake as the whole alligator story.

  • So you think the alligator story is fake do ya?

  • Well, the point is that they're not NATIVE animals, and that they're also very hearty. If enough escaped to start breeding, a massive problem could happen. The entire state of California hasn't allowed ferrets for some time now, due to concerns for the native wildlife, which already has enough to compete with as is. A dog wouldn't massecre the native birds and reptiles, thats why dogs don't really matter.

  • On the off chance you're not being sarcastic, you should know that ferrets have been domesticated for thousands of years. Not just kept as pets... but domesticated. They rely on human care more than dogs and cats do. The chances of a domestic ferret surviving on its own (especially in NYC) for more than a couple days is pretty much astronomical. Add that to the fact that ferrets sold in pet stores are already neutered and the chances of them running rampant in the city are basically nil.

  • ^

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    I dun like this person.

  • at least they boath wrote well thoughtout esays where as you just wrote "^

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    I dun like this person"

  • that is a load of horse shit. Ohio law demands that all ferrets sold in shops are neutered female ferrets have to be or else the chance of them dieing is really high. California had them illegalized for political reasons not environmental ones. They claim its for environmental reasons but if it were true then the surrounding states that do allow ferrets would have devastated that geographical area already. Ferrets are more domesticated then cats I take mine to the park no leash

  • They should ban cats, then, because they can hunt and live without people.

    They should also ban DeadlyChinchillas.

  • With the logic they present, yes, they should also ban cats. However, we both know this wouldn't happen, because cats are not "exotic" pets, which are far more easy to regulate than 'normal' pet animals.

    However, chinchilla's are a might bit more fragile than ferrets. They have less of a chance of populating in the California environment than ferrets would have. Also, regardless of my name, they're really not all that deadly. But that would just be you not getting the joke.

  • It is a common misconception that ferrets have the ability to live in the wild, and that they are wild animals. If you've ever owned a ferret, you learn quickly that they are completely dependent on humans, and could never survive even in your own front yard. There are legions of well-researched printed text stating this exact same fact.

  • I've owned ferrets, and I've no doubt they would have done just fine without my help, should they have escaped. They are not dependent, we just force them into dependence. Not a bad thing as pets, but this still doesn't make them "domesticated." TAME, perhaps, but not domesticated.

    Give me some of those "legions" of sources.

    I don't see why you would think my mindset somehow "injures" ferrets. I simply understand the reasoning behind the ban, or why certain places might want to ban.

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  • I'm not trying to be a jerk, or anything uncalled for. It's just that when I see that someone has developed this mentality of ferrets, I feel the need to correct them so as to prevent any potential harm caused to a ferret via this kind of thinking. There's been people that believe that ferrets can survive in the wild, and desire to raise them so that they can "return them to their natural home". This is always deadly for ferrets, and if they're lucky they might survive only a week at the most.

  • Those people who purposefully release their ferrets would not only be uninformed, they would be irresponsible and lazy owners looking for an easy out. You may not be trying to be a jerk, but calling me irresponsible just for disagreeing with your opinion is hardly a great way to converse. Just because I understand the logic behind the ban doesn't mean I'm going to be setting ferrets free willy nilly.  I don't even let my cat outside, and I know he'd be the biggest fiend on the block.

  • I think you're thinking of the black-footed ferret, which is a separate species from the domesticated ferret, native to the United States, and endangered.

  • Also, maybe they should lock Giuliani in a room with twenty rabid ferrets and put him in restraints so he cant shoosh them away. And to make it even more fun, televise it and watch people laugh at the site of ferrets mauling his ignorant ass. Just a thought

  • ok so why did they want ferrets out and what he fuck is the problems with ferrets! u can not look at a ferret and not smile!! imagine a ferret in ur head and try not to smile i dare you!

  • Ok I'm imagining a ferret in my head ah wait.. NO AHHH! STOP BITING!!!! AHH! nah jk I own a ferret lol.

  • ROFLMFAO!!! Now imagine one licking your foot and then it taking a chomp out of it! Because that is what my ferret does, but I still love it.

  • Ah, sounds so familiar. My ferret is a real 'finger-killer'! LOL

  • I love my ferret, Fuck You Jewliyanni.

  • well than fuck shawrtzeneger too b/c their banned in Cali too.

  • thats so right. FERRETS RULE!!!!

  • you can tell GUILLIANI knows as much about ferrets as he does about galaxies 30,000 lightyears away

  • this was so fucking random... but it made me laugh some.

  • That's stupid there's many even more dangerous cats. Even worse though are certain dogs... It's like banning knives but not guns!

  • The law in my state bans the carrying of double edged blades longer than six inches, but not guns.

  • NO ALBINO!?

  • STupid mayor go rot in a room ferrets rock! we should start a pettition!

  • why would guilliani ban ferrets? they are not pests, as some citis and states would say. this is sad stuff. GET OFF OF FERRETS BACKS, GUILLIANI

  • Giuliani sooo sucks

    Shouldnt he have been focusing on IMPORTANT issues other than to ban (the awesome) ferrets

  • guiliani sucks, ferrets rock i got 4!

  • why did he ban them? 0.o

  • GO Ferrets!! (rip Ender and Mulder)

    Best of luck

    Ferret lovers in Norway

  • lame dude

  • It's no wonder Guliani did not stand a chance in the primaries. What an idiot! I always thought he was an asshole, but now I throw a rock at him as soon as look at him.

  • support u ~~

  • ferret power gather all ferrets and attack him!

  • fdfde

  • Ferrets shouldnt be banned, they should be free, there very cool animals.

  • i have a ferret and he is so cute!!!!!!

  • That's hilarious!

    =D

  • thats ridiculous ferrets kick ass they should ban dumd ass people

  • ferrets rule, and they have small lives so we must respect them for that.

  • they dig holes thats why they banned it, why it should matter is beyond me. some dumbass laws.

  • yah, guiliani sucked.

  • Nah, my mom has a ferret! I won't tell you where she lives though!!!!

  • Ferret's rock. I don't see how anyone banned them...

  • that was wierd

  • Peoples cats and dogs do more damage to wildlife, do you know where your cats and dogs go during the day? i don't but i do know my ferret is inside in his cage!

  • It's banned in NYC not in the whole NY and i don't care i have my ferret in NYC and i love him and the only harm he ever did was steal 3 of hes treats.