>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. Wait a minute here... what happened to "for the people, by the people, and of the people"? This sort of manipulation of employees *has* to be illegal. Not to mention the fact that this whole anti-ferret law totally kills freedom of choice. Maybe some of these employees have the option of filing suit against California Fish & Game. [Posted in FML issue 2567]