2006-10-09 07:50:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
yes it is.
As to why ferrets are illegal in California: there is no scientific reason for it. In 1933 ferrets were mistakenly put on the prohibited wildlife list when DF&G was formed. Other states made this mistake and over time, have rectified it by removing the Domestic Ferret from the wildlife list. Why not California? It pretty much boils down to the fact that they don’t want to admit they are wrong and they get a lot of money by being wrong. Sierra Club, Audubon and other organizations, for whatever reason, keep pumping money to California DF&G for keeping ferrets illegal. Never mind the fact that they never spoke up in other states where ferrets were illegal (Massachusetts comes to mind). To keep ferrets illegal, DF&G has come up with a number of reasons over the years. No rabies vaccine, a lie which was answered by a lawsuit by the makers of Imrab, no distemper vaccine, which has since been taken off their list of excuses, violent towards children, which is backed by California Health Services, (wonder where New York city got their ideas), and of course the "fact" that ferrets can go feral. So what if DF&G can't find a real source to back up these “facts”? They make one up of course! Easy to do when you are getting all sorts of money to keep ferrets illegal. So why doesn't anyone see through these tactics? Well, unless you have taken the time to actually verify DF&G claims, you wouldn't necessarily know since technically they are supposed to be telling the truth. Granted it doesn't take too long using the internet to verify some of their "claims" but for some people (those overseeing DF&G) this is still too long.
2006-10-12 12:32:13 · answer #1 · answered by ^crash_&_burn^ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's really funny, though, that every pet store here has an aisle dedicated to toys, food, cages, etc. for ferrets.
2006-10-09 15:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can't own one in the state of Ca but in CO there in every pet show
2006-10-09 14:58:08 · answer #3 · answered by cc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they are. But there is legislation pending to try to reverse that.
2006-10-09 15:06:23 · answer #4 · answered by Fetch 11 Humane Society 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they are
2006-10-09 14:58:50 · answer #5 · answered by kaitlyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please refer to the website below. Yes, they are illegal.
2006-10-09 15:01:49 · answer #6 · answered by koral2800 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋