The latest from LegalizeFerrets.org View this email in your browser Vol 12 No 5 - January 31st, 2016

Protest Set for Feb 19th No Response From Assemblyman Marc Levine with our request for a meeting We have been waiting for some kind of response from Assemblyman Marc Levine for our request to a meeting since November. As of today - they won't say yes, they won't say no, and for several weeks total silence.



Are they hoping we will go away? That's not going to happen. It is the duty and responsibility of every American to stand up for our rights - and that's what we're going to do! Friday - February 19th from Noon to 1 pm. Protest, Press Conference and Rally outside Assemblyman Marc Levine's district office:



County of Marin Civic Center Building

3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 412

San Rafael, CA 94903



I hope someone will scope out this location so we can give a better location of our event. But at 1pm we will take all the ballot petitions we have collected, about 10,000 signatures and deliver them to his office. If we are not allowed inside we will leave it outside the door.



Stay tuned for more information. We'd like to make this a media-genic event. If you have any ideas please let me know. After all the details we will really promote this and take out ads on Facebook. Ferret Tip - Credit to the Small Animal Channel



Ferret Care Tip #1: Play/interact with your ferret every day. Interacting with your ferret every day increases the bond you share together and enriches your ferret’s life. Ferrets are easily bored if confined to the same, unchanging surroundings day after day, which can cause stress. Daily play breaks up any possible monotony.

Playtime with you fuels your ferret’s mental processes and provides physical exercise, however, all interaction doesn’t have to include exercise. Petting your ferret or holding it while you watch TV also qualify.



Alicia Drakiotes, founder and operator since 1995 of FerretWise Rescue And Rehabilitation Center in Marlborough, New Hampshire, considers interacting with ferrets the second most important thing ferret owners can do. (Read on to find out what she considers most important).



"For optimum health, establish a daily routine for caretaking and interactions,” Drakiotes said. "Be aware that change in routine can be stressful to your ferrets”



Source: http://www.smallanimalchannel.com/ferrets/ferret-interaction/ferret-care-tips.aspx



Because I'd like to have some non-political value to these newsletters. Thank you Small Animal Channel. We still need help for the San Diego Pet Expo. I have one gracious volunteer who can work either Saturday or Sunday. We could really use at least one more.



We can still collect signatures for the Ballot Initiative, although the deadline is Feb 9th. But we're going to deliver them to Assemblyman Marc Levine's office on Feb 19th, probably for his bonfire party.



I'd love to clear out the 2016 Legalize Ferrets calendar so we'll be offering them for a dollar donation, and signing up people for CLIFFNotes, this newsletter.



Please email me at CLIFFNotes@legalizeferrets.org or give me a call at 619-303-0645 if you can help. Ferret Political Action Committee



Based on the money spent on our Ballot Initiative which yielded about 10,000 signatures (painfully short of our goal) - perhaps it would be cheaper and less expensive to just give money to politicians, you know like the big guys; labor unions, insurance companies.



Of course we can't contribute a whole lot --- but what if we gave political contributions in the amount of $250 to ten legislative candidates as the November general election approaches?



We need to think up a name for our PAC. I'm kind of liking just calling it the Ferret PAC. Anyone have a better idea?



Then we have to fill out the Federal Election Commission paperwork and get our fundraising out on GoFundMe or one of the other crowdfunding sites. I'd like it to be serious but also tongue-in-cheek. So if anyone is experienced in this kind of thing, please step forward!