Today is the day I lend my full support behind XAVIER'S BILL
The U.S. State of California has a very antiquated law on the books. In an effort to protect wildlife and the agricultural community, California bans the ownership of lots of non-California native animals as pets, and the domesticated FERRET is one of them.
Despite the fact that ferrets are the third most popular pet in the United States and there are an estimated 700,000 illegal ferrets kept as pets in California, they remain illegal in the Golden State out of some preposterous notion that ferrets will escape from their homes, breed, form packs, and destroy crops and livestock. Disregarding that 97% of all ferrets kept as pets are de-sexed and the fact that they don't form packs nor could breed with other animals, this is an outdated law that needs to be corrected.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of La Mesa, California resident Pat Wright and www.legalizeferrets.org, we now have a way to get this law stricken from the books. Wright started an initiative that has been approved of by California Attorney General Kamala Harris and cleared for signature gathering to be placed on the November 2016 ballot. Initiative 15-0034 aka Xavier's Bill needs your help to get the 91,470 signature it needs for a legislative hearing and 365,880 signatures to bypass the legislature and have the initiative go straight onto the ballot for a statewide vote.
In a nod to Elle Woods from Legally Blonde, I have nicknamed Initiative 15-0034 after my ferret, Xavier Montague Tudor Paco Ferret I, who has been my pet, best friend, and family member for nearly 6 years. Xavier is currently battling late stage cancer and ferret diabetes. As an illegal ferret, out options for treatment have always been limited. Xavier's Bill will most likely pass long after my own ferret is gone, but Xavier and I want to see a day where a few average people change the law and make things right: bringing social ferret justice and ownership to life.
We need your help! Everything for this initiative is being done by myself and other volunteers across the state. If you would like to donate, you can visit www.legalizeferrets.org. There you can buy calendars, donate, volunteer, and find out more about Xavier's Bill/Initiative 15-0034. You can email xaviersbill@gmail.com and or call 323.788.2204 for more information.
The U.S. State of California has a very antiquated law on the books. In an effort to protect wildlife and the agricultural community, California bans the ownership of lots of non-California native animals as pets, and the domesticated FERRET is one of them.
Despite the fact that ferrets are the third most popular pet in the United States and there are an estimated 700,000 illegal ferrets kept as pets in California, they remain illegal in the Golden State out of some preposterous notion that ferrets will escape from their homes, breed, form packs, and destroy crops and livestock. Disregarding that 97% of all ferrets kept as pets are de-sexed and the fact that they don't form packs nor could breed with other animals, this is an outdated law that needs to be corrected.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of La Mesa, California resident Pat Wright and www.legalizeferrets.org, we now have a way to get this law stricken from the books. Wright started an initiative that has been approved of by California Attorney General Kamala Harris and cleared for signature gathering to be placed on the November 2016 ballot. Initiative 15-0034 aka Xavier's Bill needs your help to get the 91,470 signature it needs for a legislative hearing and 365,880 signatures to bypass the legislature and have the initiative go straight onto the ballot for a statewide vote.
In a nod to Elle Woods from Legally Blonde, I have nicknamed Initiative 15-0034 after my ferret, Xavier Montague Tudor Paco Ferret I, who has been my pet, best friend, and family member for nearly 6 years. Xavier is currently battling late stage cancer and ferret diabetes. As an illegal ferret, out options for treatment have always been limited. Xavier's Bill will most likely pass long after my own ferret is gone, but Xavier and I want to see a day where a few average people change the law and make things right: bringing social ferret justice and ownership to life.
We need your help! Everything for this initiative is being done by myself and other volunteers across the state. If you would like to donate, you can visit www.legalizeferrets.org. There you can buy calendars, donate, volunteer, and find out more about Xavier's Bill/Initiative 15-0034. You can email xaviersbill@gmail.com and or call 323.788.2204 for more information.
Here is Initiative XAVIER'S BILL/15-0034 in it's entirety:
The Attorney General of California has prepared the following title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure: FERRETS. LEGALIZATION AS PETS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Legalizes the possession, importation, and transportation of pet ferrets. Requires all pet ferrets over six months old to be vaccinated against rabies annually, and all ferrets sold as pets in retail stores to be spayed or neutered before sale. Authorizes counties to impose license fee up to $100 on purchasers of ferrets as pets, to pay costs of local animal control enforcement. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Likely additional local government costs of a few million dollars annually for animal control enforcement activities, which could be largely or entirely offset by the license fees authorized by the measure. (15-0034.)
The Attorney General of California has prepared the following title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure: FERRETS. LEGALIZATION AS PETS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Legalizes the possession, importation, and transportation of pet ferrets. Requires all pet ferrets over six months old to be vaccinated against rabies annually, and all ferrets sold as pets in retail stores to be spayed or neutered before sale. Authorizes counties to impose license fee up to $100 on purchasers of ferrets as pets, to pay costs of local animal control enforcement. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Likely additional local government costs of a few million dollars annually for animal control enforcement activities, which could be largely or entirely offset by the license fees authorized by the measure. (15-0034.)
