Comments | parathalyn: HB 669

parathalyn

HB 669

Apr 10, 2009 14:47

I'm still researching this one, but wanted to get everyone's take on this bill.

pets, pet ownership, ferrets, animal welfare, politics

Comments 3

dadandgirl April 11 2009, 22:48:40 UTC

This sounds far too out there to be real... I found the full text of the bill here: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h669/text... )

parathalyn April 11 2009, 23:03:00 UTC

I'm wondering if my ferrets are going to be okay. There are already two states and several cities that label ferrets as being an exotic pet and prohibit them. The usual argument for this is that their wild cousins hunt birds and small mammals. It doesn't matter to them that ferrets have been domesticated longer than cats and don't have any hunting instincts left. A few state senators in California also argue that ferrets might form feral breeding colonies...even though they are spayed/neutered before going to pet stores.

parathalyn April 11 2009, 23:04:02 UTC

You can tell that I don't trust politics and government employees to have any sense when it comes to science-based decisions.