May 3rd, 2010 - Zazzle reject our ferrets postage stamps because "Design incorporates material the primary purpose of which is to advocate or protest any particular religious, social, political, legal or moral agenda of any person or entity."May 3rd, 2010 - Zazzle reject our ferrets postage stamps because "Design incorporates material the primary purpose of which is to advocate or protest any particular religious, social, political, legal or moral agenda of any person or entity."
April 28th, 2010 - Jerry Brown for Governor Campaign takes 4 hours to decline an invitation to speak to us at our Sept 25th event in Concord. They won't even send a representative from the campaign. If he won't talk to us now, he won't talk to us as Governor. Read more about it in the upcoming CLIFFNotes.
April 6th, 2010 - Lost Ferret in Santa Maria. Have you seen Rockie?
please email joyce722@comcast.net
March 17,2010 - See You at the Ferret Round Up in Brea
January 8th 2010 - FERRETS CONFISCATED IN SUTTER COUNTY. One girl talks about her pet ferrets in a classroom - another girl's dad works for Animal Control. Ferrets Confiscated as owners pull out of their driveway. Unbelievable and all the details will be in CLIFFNotes. This has got to end!
December 8th - Lost Ferret, Have you seen Smeegle? Lost in Patterson,Ca. around Sperry ave. Please email norma8405@sbcglobal.net if you know anything.
November 13th, 2009 - Petsmart or PETSTUPID. Petsmart's Cheryl Perkins answered our letter asking for help in funding the Environmental Impact Report. We enclosed a calendar and the first quarterly report from the EIR with the letter.
"Your product has been reviewed and after careful consideration, we will not be including in our current product assortment."
Their consideration wasn't too careful - they didn't even read the letter!
November 9th, 2009 - Natura Pet, makers of Evo pet foods including one for ferrets unsubscribed from CLIFFNotes. We sent Eric Akaba, who someone said would be our contact a letter and calendar asking if they'd like to help fund the ferret legalization EIR. Their response was to hit the "Unsubscribe" button. Please remember this when buying your pet food.
October 2nd, 2009 - I want to write about Pet Insurance for the next CLIFFNotes. Anyone have any info they'd like to share? Please send it to CLIFFNotes@legalizeferrets.org.
October 2nd, 2009 - Our calendar is features on the Small Animal Channel - http://tinyurl.com/ye795vt. A great way to build up membership and awareness!
September 18th, 2009
162 Calendars Sold
Sale Ends Today - Cost goes to $12 each on Saturday
September 17th, 2009 -
137 Calendars Sold
We will place the order with the printer on Friday as hope for.
September 16th, 2009 -
88 Calendars Sold
September 15th, 2009 AM -
69 Calendars Sold
September 14th, 2009 -
49 Calendars Sold
September 14th, 2009 - 28 Calenders sold over night - we need to do better than that! We need to sell 300 this week.
September 7th, 2009 - $412 raised so far for Bosco, the ferret with the intestinal blockage. What makes it sad is Bosco did not survive the night after the surgery. His owner, Shelly, who recently lost her husband and her cat left me a package at the vet's office. It was miscellaneous items meant to express her gratitutde. The whole thing leaves me very sad and I need to give Fausto and Quito extra attention.
September 2nd, 2009 - Marshall Pet Products to pay $1600 per quarter towards the EIR - so the EIR is half paid for! Thank you Marshall Pet Products!
September 1st, 2009 - Zupreem not able to help with EIR expenses - Jennifer McDaniel informs us "I have read through the request, and unfortunately we are not able to provide any monetary sponsorships for the remainder of 2009, unless they have already been pre-approved in our Budget. I am sorry that we are not able to assist Legalize Ferrets at this time, but we thank you for thinking of ZuPreem."
August 26th, 2009 - Ferret Depot is sending a check for the Environmental Impact Report. I feel like I'm extorting money from them, and it is 2 down 14 to go. THANK YOU FERRET DEPOT!
August 26th, 2009 - In response to a posting on Joe Ferrets Facebook page that I wasn't going to send my order into Ferret Depot because we haven't heard back from them regarding a request to help support the Environmental Impact Report - Ferret Depot Responds, "We have just received this letter 2-3 weeks ago and have not decided what to do as far as donation or help. Please note, we are one of the largest contributors in the ferret community as far as donations and sponsorships for events..." "Right now we are in the middle of sponsoring multiple ferret shows and events and haven't had the chance to yet, nor had a chance to look at the budget to see what can be made available for them. The California quest is noteworthy and I am sure we will be involved somehow." Steve Yarbrough, Ferret Depot.
August 25th, 2009 - Made it to the post office box today. No checks or letters from any of the 16 companies we asked to help support the Environmental Impact Report. I know they get a lot of requests but at least an acknowledgement would seem in order. After all, our request came with full documentation from Sacramento State University. So - I won't be placing an order for Ferret Depot. I'll order directly from Marshall Pet Products who has acknowledged our request and will try to support it.
August 24, 2009 - Join the "California is Golden" Facebook page and help explain why we're actually tarnished. California is the land of special interest and disenfranchisement of the little guy. Nevada doesn't look so bad! California is Tarnished
August 19, 2009 - Tika survived surgery, "90% out of the woods" according to Dr Jenkins. The tumor will be sent out to be tested and Tika should be in her new home tomorrow. Click on the tumor for a larger, and more disgusting view.
August 17, 2009 - This is Tika, the hunch backed ferret. She will have her surgery on Tuesday or Wednesday to have a tumor removed from her throat. The photo doesn't do the tumor justice
August 13, 2009 - Decided we want to do the surgery on the ferret with the glandular tumor. We collected donation for Ferret Bueller's vet bill but someone anonymously paid that bill. So it isn't too difficult to start with $500 for this ferret. Still waiting on some test results though.
August 12, 2009 - rescue ferret with lump at her throat has a glandular tumor. The surgical prognosis is not good, the potential vet bill will be high and we don't know what to do.
August 12, 2009 - almost done with the initial work updating this site, but I like the Northern California Ferret Club's website better!
August 11, 2009 - we're under construction!
This web site has been redone. Check this box for the latest info!