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Just Consider:

Ferrets Are Legal in 48 States

27% of the Nation's Ferret Supplies are sold in California

80% of ferrets sold in Nevada, Oregon and Arizona are brought to California

California looses between $700,000 and $2,700,000 every year in lost sales tax revenue because of the ferret ban

The ferret ban causes a lot of heart ache for people coming to California because of job, school or military transfers

There are no documented cases of domestic ferrets in the wild, of ferrets harming the environment or agriculture, and the Centers for Disease Control rate ferrets much safer than dogs or cats

AND YET - WE STILL CAN'T GET AN ANSWER WHY THE FERRET BAN PERSISTS.

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Why Ferrets Anonymous?

Ferrets Anonymous was established in 1993 in San Diego. In the late 1980's and early 1990's California ferret lovers were trying to find a legislative sponsor for a ferret legalization bill. We had very little luck. Then we approached Senator Lucy Killea who told us not enough people were interested in the issue for it to merit her attention. We asked her if we showed her there was interest if she would consider. Her staff politely ushered us out of her office.

So we had a rally. Nearly 60 people showed up including TV, newspapers and radio. Names were collected and a meeting was called. We met at the San Diego North Park Recreation Center. Item 1 on the agenda - what to call our new group? Down the hall was a meeting of Narcotics Anonymous. Their people kept coming into our room looking confused. Is this Narcotics Anonymous several people asked?

"No," Nancy E said, this is Ferrets Anonymous - and the name stuck.