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Ferrets are illegal in Cali.
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Ferrets are illegal in California because the California Department of Fish and Game claims that if ferrets are let out into the wild, they would mate, multiply, become feral and could threaten native wildlife. Which is total nonsense, Ferrets have been domesticated for so long, they no longer possess any natural instinct to survive in the wild, and at the most would probably last about three days. Ferrets sold at pet stores have been neutered, therefore unable to breed. California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger still refuses to legalize ferrets as pets.
The California Department of Fish and Game also reference the problems in New Zealand where ferrets are feral, predate on native wildlife and are considered pests. These are not true domesticated ferrets. When ferrets where first brought to New Zealand they were bred with the European Polecat ferret and that enabled them to survive in the wild.
Importation and possession of domestic ferrets have been restricted California since 1933, when the first State law restricting the importing of animals into the California was passed. The animals restricted under that law are had a list that the Legislature originally called the "Wild Bird and Animal" list, and was later changed to the "Wild Animal" list. The law and regulations together list animals, or groups of animals, representing thousands of species, including those that are taken from the wild, as well as captive-bred animals and many kinds of domesticated animals.
Three primary points have been raised by the California Department of Fish and Game in "Department of Fish and Game Ferret Fact Sheet, March 25, 1994."
Views expressed are summarized as follows:
Ferrets may bite (or attack), and are especially prone to bite or scratch children and infants.
There is no proven vaccine against rabies in ferrets.
Ferrets may threaten native wildlife.