It appears to have the thoroughness that your state will need to
consider allowing ferrets.

What YOU need to do is to go through and pull the summary portions from
each section, then emphasize those in your own materials, and put a
summary in plain language such as this GUESS (and it is ONLY A GUESS)
of what might find more ready acceptance and still accurately portray
the summaries -- but again remember that I only looked at a few of the
summaries so you will have to do your own guess once all summaries have
been compiled and REMEMBER TO MAKE IT PALATABLE AND EVEN APPEALING TO
THE LEGISLATORS AND GOVERNOR even if it means that you can't have
everything you would personally want, remembering the regulations
often loosen with the test of time:

So, take this as just a guess and nothing more:

*****

On reading this thorough report you will notice that California does
not appear to currently meet the requirements needed for establishment
of feral populations of ferrets partly due to the presence of much more
effective predators already,

Notice, also that the bite risk is no higher than that of dogs or
cats -- with the serious bite risk lower due to the small sizes of
ferrets. Any concerns on these matters can be met with just a few
precautions:
1. Allow pet ferret ownership of neutered or chemically neutered
ferrets, but ban the breeding of ferrets.
2. Require pet stores to prominently display signs that no pet, not
dogs, not cats, not ferrets, nor any others should be left unsupervised
with an infant or anyone who is handicapped beyond the point of
appropriate self-defense against the given animal species.

For more control and some additional state income, California could
emulate some of the other states by requiring an affordable permit of
between $15 to $50 per annum per family with a limit on the number of
ferrets per household to something like 4 or 6, or there could be no
number limit but individual, non-refundable permits for each ferret
in a household to be purchased at point of sale with the stores or
sellers. If the ferrets moves to a new family then a new permit would
be required.

Shelters would need a different fee arrangement, with an annual fee
specific to shelters as well as inspections.

*****

I looked at just a few, and to do this you will have to go through an
collect the summaries of each section. For instance, did you know that
the San Juan Island rabbits died of DISEASE, not predation by ferrets?

Sukie (not a vet)

Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
"All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow."
(2010, Steve Crandall)

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