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In article <270osk$2jb@isolar.Tujunga.CA.US> earle@isolar.Tujunga.CA.US (Greg Earle) writes:
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>There is no good reason at all for *domestic* ferrets (emphasis on the word
>"domestic") to be illegal in this state.  Period.  (Oh, and Mr. Surf City Dude
>McMillin, there has been a ferret rabies vaccine for almost a year now.  Sorry
>to blow your feeble excuse out of the water.)
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>Domestic ferrets post no harm to the wildlife of this state.  The *domestic*
>strain has been bread over *centuries* to be domestic, and they *don't survive
>in the wild*.  I had a female ferret several years ago, and she escaped out of
>our backyard.  She promptly became a playtoy for some dog a few doors down the
>street, as a few days later a neighbor told us that her mangled body was found
>torn to shreds on her lawn.  They don't have any wild instincts left, and they
>will die of hunger or thirst very quickly if they escape - assuming they can
>avoid the domestic dogs and coyotes who'll kill them if they find them.
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I believe the reason that ferrets are illegal in California is fear of the
establishment of a feral population destroying wildlife species.  Whether this
is true or not I cannot say, but don't extrapolate your local experience/climate/
environment to the entire state.  California is geographically isolated from the
rest of North America and has many unique species.  Feral cats are the probable
cause of the near extinction of some marshlands species of mice and shorebirds.
And don't forget that "innocent tourists" have on several occasions illegally
brought in fruit tainted with various alien insect species.

Dave Herzstein   herzstein@lmsc.lockheed.com