My own hopes HAD been that CA would legalize ferrets back when the CDC data on rabies and ferrets came out and the improvements here happened long ago: http://www.nasphv.org/Documents/RabiesCompendium.pdf At that time a good number of states which had banned ferrets immediately legalized them while a few did so after positive legislative and governors' actions based on that info, and so did many smaller communities, but a number of smaller communities and two states did not progress in that direction. BTW, does anyone know which areas CURRENTLY are FFZs (an old term meaning Ferret-free Zones, as in banned). As far as I know ferrets are still banned in NYC. What about Washington DC now? One of the twin cities had a ban. Still true? SLC banned them because they were listed as livestock. Still true? Where else? A current list of FFZs on the FML may be useful for people in those locations or with a planned move. It may also be that people in FFZs could interact with each other and share useful action plans, data, and bibliographies. Sharing a burden can make it lighter. [Posted in FML 7675]