Hello Ferret Fans,
 
Are you fighting a legalization battle in your area?  Are you ignorant of
the facts that compare ferrets to other domestic animals?  Do you live in
California, or Hawaii, where information on the ferret is incorrect,
misleading or outright wrong?
 
Anyone dealing with state or municipal agencies, or lawmakers, on ferret
legalization should write away for one or more copies of the report,
"Ferreting out the Facts on the California Department of Fish & Game's War
on the Domestic Ferret," which has just been published by the Pacific
Research Institute for Public Policy (PRI).
 
The briefing, as it is called, is 22 pages, including footnotes, and is the
product of a well respected conservative think tank that acts as a kind of
watchdog on the excesses of government.  The author is Michael Lynch, a very
bright public policy fellow that has written reports for PRI, as well as
articles that have appeared in numerous political publications.
 
As we all know, the California Department of Fish and Game's work on the
ferret issue hasn't been exactly "think tank" quality, and this report gives
the agency an "F" for its inability to adhere to the facts.  It also slams
the infamous California Department of Health Services Report from 1988
calling it an "intellectual hatchett job on the ferret."
 
If you are from California, or are involved in ferret legalization in your
city, state or county, you should have copies of this report for any meeting
or presentation you put on.  If you are unaware of the facts of ferret
ownership relative to other domesticated species and simply want to be
prepared for a possible attempt to ban or restrict ferret ownership, you
should have a copy of this report.
 
To order a copy, you can write me, Jeanne Carley, at 410 Mountain Home Road,
Woodside, CA 94062.  The cost is $5.00 per report and includes mailing.  Or,
you can order directly from the Pacific Research Institute at 755 Sansome
Street, #450, San Francisco, CA 94111.  If you order from me, make the check
payable to me.  If you order from PRI, make it payable to them.  In either
case, be sure to mention the title of the report and how many copies you
wish to receive and where to send them.
 
It's terrific bed-time reading for anyone that has suffered the injustices
of living in a ferret-free-zone, or has been involved in defending this
wonderful companion animal from the abuses of ignorant people.
 
Jeanne Carley
Legislative Director
410 Mountain Home Road
Woodside, CA  94062
(415) 851-3750
[Posted in FML issue 1561]