The poster from yesterday about Arnold's veto of SB 89 doesn't know a few things. First of all, DFG wants ferret proponents to pay for the EIR. Schwarzenegger did not mention anything about funding. My lawyer thought asking ferret owners to fund the EIR wasn't legal. And an EIR has already been done. It is called the "1996-1997 NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF STATE WILDLIFE AGENCIES." After DFG said ferret owners should pay for the EIR, and they did not have the funds, they did this one on their own. When their survey showed no concerns or consequences of domestic ferrets in all 50 states they hid the report. It was mentioned in a press interview and uncovered by a Freedom of Information Act. California ferret activists know the EIR is only a smokescreen. It was the most plausible way for the Governor to veto this bill. No other state required an EIR and no other state has a concern about domestic ferrets (except Hawaii). We do not know the real reason Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed ferret amnesty. Pat Wright Founder, Ferrets Anonymous [Posted in FML issue 4657]