The California Ban on Ferrets: The Road to Legalization

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This is an entry in the 2009 legalizeferrets.org video contest. It tells the story about how the ban affected us and thousands of others. The video is meant to move people to care about this important issue and mobilize them to help legalize ferrets in California and the few other places where they are still illegal.

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[thegeoferret]

Thanks for the kind words. Thanks to Pat too for all the hard work he does.

[april97cobra]

Great video!!!

Hope we can soon have ferrets in Cali :)

lets keep working!

[bluephoenix0416]

OMG!! I love it!! I don't live in California, but I am a member of the 3k Club. Let's get these little guys legal in California!!

[inspire734]

If they would license the breeders and make it where they can only sell ferrets that are spayed and nutered , then it would help the cause a great deal. Make it a law that the breeders have to be licensed and only sell ones that are fixed. Females should be spayed at 6 mths and males 9 mths. This helps them from getting the adrenal desease. Also males are larger when left longer to neuter. Marshall's ferrets are done at 6 weeks and they are small. I have a male that is the same size as a female

[NinjaMuffinMaster]

No. There's still a ban in NYC.

[kittykitty0204]

I'm pretty sure the ban in NY was lifted, so it's only in Hawaii and California now.

[kittykitty0204]

lol it's not MY explanation; it's the government's reason for why they are illegal. They are considered an "invasive species" that can "thrive in the wild" here and potentially harm native wildlife. Trust me, I've done my research.

[saphirecoqui]

LMAO. They cannot thrive in the wild. That comment was funny. They do like to hunt rats. LOL. Read a book. I am an owner of two ferrets. I love them. A good book is called Ferret for Dummies. This book needs read in California, by people who don't know what they are talking about. I read it before I got my two, because I wanted to make sure they are spolied rotten correctly. LOL

[IllegalinCalifornia]

They CAN'T thrive in the wild, that's the point. They're spayed and neutered. Ferrets get heatstroke above 80 F, because they can't pant like a dog and have no sweat glands. Not only this, but ferrets imprint on the food they eat by 6 months of age - meaning ferrets won't want to eat anything except the kibble they ate when little. Unspayed ferrets can not survive long enough to even find a mate - and ferrets are domestic, so mating them is also difficult....even for breeders...

[kittykitty0204]

so, from my understanding, ferrets are illegal because they can escape and thrive in the wild, and are a threat to wildlife so.....why are cats and dogs legal? at the very least, they could just legalize the ownership of spayed/neutered ferrets...

[kittykitty0204]

@deskydendearmlane77 uhh...from what I've seen, there is no ban on mylar balloons...EVERYWHERE still sells them.

[NinjaMuffinMaster]

I wish I could own a Ferret, but they're illegal in NYC too..