Pat Wright's Trial Set For January 23rd The People of the State of California vs Patrick Wright is set for Thursday, January 23rd. Hopes for a last minute dropping of charges were dashed, and Wright's attorney said "Boy - they really want to pound you." The charges are officially because Pat refused San Diego Animal Control's request to help locate a ferret (previously taken by a Ferrets Anonymous' rescuer) after the ferret alledgedly bit 12 year old Kyle Winter. Wright would not turn in the ferret until he had, in writing, a guarantee that the ferret would not be destroyed. Wright had originally asked that the ferret be returned to the owner after a quarantine, but that condition was dropped after the person who found the ferret was threatened with a lawsuit. Nine days after the "bite," the ferret was turned in, and Pat had a letter guaranteeing the safety of the ferret. Upon turning the ferret in for quarantine, Pat was served with three misdemeanors; failure to isolate, failure to qurantine, and concealing information about a biting animal, subject to rabies, in order to avoid quarantine. Later a charge of child endangerment was added. The trial is set for the San Diego county court house, 220 W Broadway in downtown San Diego. We are supposed to begin at 8:15, but we may not get a court room and have to start the next day. Interestingly, the reporter covering the trial for the San Diego Union-Tribune said he had 5 years in law enforcement, narcotics division, and he thought the charges were pretty specious. Anyone wishing more information is welcome to contact Pat Wright at [log in to unmask] or call (619) 584-8427. [Posted in FML issue 1821]