Ferret Liberation

Assemblyman Jim Cunneen moves to legalize outlaw pets.

There are hundreds of thousands of illegal ferret owners in California--some estimates reach a half-million. This is the only state other than Hawaii that bans the animals as pets. Existing legislation--a 66-year-old-state law--says possessing a ferret is a misdemeanor, now punishable by up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. Now, Assemblyman Jim Cunneen has authored a bill which would legalize the possession of ferrets, provided they receive rabies shots and are spayed or neutered, and only if they were already somebody's pet by April 20, 1999. It would also commission a study of the animals to determine whether ferrets are a wild or domesticated animal.   More

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