Hello Everyone, Just thought you might enjoy reading about a survey blasting DFG. Who was surveyed? DFG EMPLOYEES!!! "Two-thirds of employees said during the Wilson administration agency permits, policy development and enforcement decisions were not based on the best scientific information." This describes the ferret situation in CA EXACTLY!!! "An even higher margin -- 81 percent -- said politics influenced scientific evaluations. The survey also uncovered poor employee morale, with more than a third of respondents saying they feared job-related retaliation for advocating environmental enforcement." So the many, many wildlife biologists and wardens within the department that support legalization (and I know for a fact that there are quite a few) risk reprisal for stating a dissenting opinion. That's a great motivator for change isn't it? Those of you in CA should copy this story and mail it to your State Senator and State Assemblymember and tell them that this is the reason ferrets are still illegal in CA and that this agency needs to be completely cleaned up! To read more about the results of the survey (absolutely not surprising to anyone who knows this horrible agency), visit the address of original story: http://www.hotcoco.com/news/statfront/rml60291.htm All quotes (c) 1998 Contra Costa Newspapers Jeanne Carley Californians for Ferret Legalization 410 Mountain Home Road Woodside, CA 94062 http://www.ferretnews.org [Posted in FML issue 2566]