California is the only State on the continent that prohibits possession of the domestic ferret, although there are currently estimated to be 500,000 here* kept as family pets.
The government agencies opposed to legalization have been very economical with the truth, as this series will show.
"There is nothing more repugnant in a Democracy than public officials who use public money to mislead the public. Unfortunately, that appears to be the case with the DEPARTMENTS OF FISH & GAME and HEALTH SERVICES in their war against the domestic ferret."
Pacific Research Institute- BRIEFING, May 1996
Full 22 page report available on request
*California DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME Special News Release, March 22, 1989