The Libertarian Party of California is on record as being in favor of re-legalizing ferrets, which are not legal pets in California, though officials apparently look the other way while pet stores blatantly aid and abet illegal ferret-possession. Their most recent press release on the subject was titled Release: Ferrets (There is no formal record of the Republican response to this obvious terrorist threat, or whether the Green Party's position was more strongly influenced by animal rights activists who support releasing ferrets or deep ecologists who don't want the non-native wild animals more widely dispersed :-) At 01:43 PM 11/13/98 -0500, Jean-Francois Avon wrote:
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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 06:37:41 -0500 From: Dan MacInnis <dan.louise@sympatico.ca>
November 12th, 1998 the Toronto Board of Health announces they want to ban private owner ship of snakes, turtles, any and all exotic pets.
Reaction of pet owners was immediate. In this city of just under 3 Million people, most said they would not abide by the law and hide their beloved pets.
Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639