I just got off the phone with Megan Mullin in the California office of the Sierra Club. She explained to me the reasons that the club is taking a stance against legalization of ferrets in CA: 1) fear of the animal going feral and attacking endangered species, 2) the difficulty of enforcing the spay/neuter provision of AB 363 and 3) "the Sierra Club has historically held this position". However, she did say that the Sierra Club's policy is set by a board of volunteer activists, and that they will be reexamining their position on this issue at their next meeting (at the end of May). She said that she has already heard from a lot of "ferret activists", and has received a lot of information, and that she realizes that there isn't much actual evidence of ferrets going feral in the past. (She also said that this "doesn't guarantee that some might not go feral in the future", and she said that "California has the second largest endangered animal population of any state in the U.S., second only to Hawaii"). Megan struck me as a nice, reasonable person, and it sounds like she has been reading up on this issue, and listening to the information other people have given her. If you would like to call her and discuss this issue with her, you can reach her at 916-557-1100, extension 102. - Ela ___ ___ (000)___(000) Ela Heyn / @ @ \ [log in to unmask] | | ======@====== http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5483 [Posted in FML issue 1918]