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Fish and Game Commission's Wildlife Committee recommends denying our petition change because of what? Here's a little history on the subject.



About 1995 the Fish and Game Commission said they didn't have the funds or resources to do any environmental study. But they did it anyway. And when it failed to prove that ferrets pose any kind of threat that Fish and Game has been claiming, they buried it. I don't know the circumstances but Jeanne Carley found out about the study while working on ferret legalization. You can read that study here.



In 2000 the Fish and Game Commission declared that for ferret legalization to go forward proponents would need to agree to fund an environmental document. (as it says in the yellow box above.) About 2008 we agreed and hired Dr Geo Graening of Sacramento State University to conduct the study.



Just to show we did it as instructed by the Fish and Game Commission at the time, you can read this document.



And here is the final study which was given to the Fish and Game Committee who apparently ignored it and recommends a "DENY."

We're Not Dead - Not by a long shot!



I want to be very careful not to antagonize the folks at Fish and Game but they have kind of boxed themselves into a corner.



Not only do we have the studies they require but not recognize --- we'll do it again if necessary. We have the membership and I can raise the funding to do so. Heck, I'll write the check myself on Thursday if that's what they want. (and then quickly run to the bank and max out my credit cards.)



But that's not really what they're trying to do. They're throwing up a roadblock hoping we'll go away. We're big enough to jump over that road block. Anyone paying attention to this will see how unfair this is and we need to hold them accountable and do their job!



I have hired a video production company to film our presentation on Thursday and to get reactions on the Commissioner's faces as we make our point. I expect a lot out of this.

California Fish and Game Commission Meeting:



Lake Natoma Inn Hotel & Conference Center

702 Gold Lake Dr.

Folsom, CA 95630



We're meeting at noon. Plan on being there until 4pm for us to be up.







Here is the Facebook Event

The 2017 LegalizeFerrets.org Calendars Are Here!

And now the order page works. Last week I had a few problems. Here is the pdf version of the calendar. Actually I think there is one newer version, but this is very close to what we have.



If anyone has any trouble ordering the calendar off the website would you please let me know. CLIFFNotes@legalizeferrets.org Buy the Calendar Now We want more signatures!



Help us make it to 2000 signatures this week.



Then we're closing the petition.



So close!