Sorry folks, I forgot to add this information to my original post.

To have an application sent to you for the NJF&W Exotic Hobbyist
permit, you can write to:

Division Of Fish And Wildlife
Exotic and Nongame Wildlife Permits
P.O. Box 430
Trenton, New Jersey

OR you can call and have an application sent to you by calling:
(609) 292-9591

[Moderator's note: Or you can download it:
http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf/xotic_hobby.pdf       BIG]

The fee for this permit is only $10 per year for the Exotic Hobbyist
Permit no matter how many ferrets ( Sugar Gliders, European Hedgehogs,
as well as some other mammals, and some species of reptials, you also
need this permit) 

The application asks basic questions such as to the type of housing,
food, where you aquired the animal(s) from and your vet information.

If you also own birds that need a permit as well as the animals, then
permit fee is $20 per year.

If you are caught with these animals and do not posses a current
permit, the fines can cost you anywhere from "$500 to $5000 PER
animal".

"PLEASE", get your permit to help us so "WE" can help "YOU" if the
time should ever arise.

If you purchase an animal from a NJ Pet Shop or NJ Animal Specific
rescue/shelter or even a NJ Private Breeder, and DO NOT recieve the
20 day temporary permit (Pink Slip) along with an application packet,
PLEASE contact the Dep. of NJF&W at the above address and/or phone
number and report them. You will not be the one who will get into
trouble, these places will.

Sinceryely,
Debi Sadowski
Fuzzy Loving Ferret rescue & Ferretry (NJ)

[Posted in FML 5676]