Hello All!
 
Just to clear things up, there is *not* a bill in the Maryland
legislature to ban ferrets.  Apparantly a Baltimore radio talk show
got their facts wrong.  Explaining the how's and why's are likely to
be more confusing than the truth so I'm leaving that out.
 
The *only* bill in the state legislature is the Ferret Protection Act,
HB1292.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/billfile/HB1292.htm.
 
The hope behind this bill is to let ferrets mature a little more
before they are sold in our state.  The thresholds being that they
must be 8 weeks old before neuter/spay, and 10 weeks old before they
are transported for sale.  There will be much more info, including a
petition of support available soon.
 
Michelle Butler
MDferretpaws.org
[Posted in FML issue 5154]