1. The Massachusetts Colonial Navy, which was organized on December 29, 1775, was reactivated in 1967 and in 1986 proclaimed the ferret its official mascot. 
2. During the early 1900's there was a town (New London, Ohio) which was known as Ferretville because of all the large scale ferret breeders which were located there.
3. If an unsterilized female comes into heat, she will stay in heat indefinitely and during this period, her estrogen levels will remain high and be very toxic to her bone marrow. This can be fatal to your ferret.
4. There is a rumor that ferrets ran video cabling for the wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles
5. The male ferret or Hob's breeding season is in the early spring and summer when the testicles enlarge and descend into the scrotum, the rest of the year the testicles are out of sight. If a hob is trying to breed and the testicles have not descended, the sperm will be infertile
6. Up until 1985 the California Department of Fish and Game would issue permits for neutered male ferrets
7. 80% of the ferrets sold in pet stores in Arizona, Nevada and Oregon are brought to California, the loss of sales tax revenue to the state of California is between $700,000 and $2,700,000 each year
8. There is no good estimate of the number of ferrets in California, but according to PIJAC, the leading pet trade organization, Californians buy 27% of the nation’s stock of ferret supplies
9. Ferrets are thought to have been domesticated 2,500 years ago but we don’t know who their wild ancestors were.  A recent discovery in the southwest of Europe have uncovered skeletons of ferrets dating back to 1600 years B.C. But at that time there were no rabbits, so they must have used them for mice control.
10. Leonardo da Vinci’s paint, Lady with an Ermine (1489) is in fact a ferret. Europeans of that era preferred white ferrets because of the ease of seeing the white animal in thick undergrowth
11. Ferrets seldom cause allergies. People who are generally allergic to cats and dogs don't usually have problems with ferrets.
12. Ferrets are legal in 48 states and no other state required an Environmental Impact Report prior to legalizing them.
13. According to the Centers for Disease Control, only the guinea pig is a safer pet than ferrets Ferrets were the #3 most popular pet in the US (right there behind cats & dogs which flip flop the #1 & #2 spot).
14. In the early 1900's, the U S Department of Agriculture issued a farm bulletin advising farmers to use ferrets for rodent extermination in grain storage.
    15 Ferrets have been used in the White House to eliminate a rat problem. In 1889, Caroline Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison, brought in an army of ferrets to eliminate the hordes of rats.
    

We still need photos and stories from people who have been affected by the ferret ban?  Isn't there someone out there who has faced the moral dilemma of teaching their kids to break the law just to keep the ferret?  Foster parents and day care centers that have to hide ferrets.  I know there are a million stories in the tarnished stated.

Ginger currently residing in San Diego's Talmadge area needs a new home.  The current owner says she like other ferrets to play with but she didn't along with a ferret she was recently placed with.  Also a bite incident was hinted at (We hope she doesn't end up at the San Diego Animal Shelter!)  If you are interested please write a little about yourself and I will forward you info on.  Don't wait a week, ferrets go pretty quickly.