Tag: California Fish and Game Commission
California Asks Ferret Legalization Advocates to Trust ‘Further Consideration’ – History Gives Them Little Reason To
NATIONAL NEWS (LA MESA, Calif.) -- In March 2025, LegalizeFerrets.org filed Form FGC-1 with the California Fish and Game Commission - the formal petition, under Government Code §11340.6, asking the state to reconsider its classification of domestic ferrets as restricted wild animals under Title 14, §671. Preparing it properly took considerable effort. The Commission accepted it as Petition 2025-003.
CA Fish and Game Commission Leaves Ferret Legalization Petition Off Final Agenda Before Aug. 12-13 Critical Court Hearing
NATIONAL NEWS (LA MESA, Calif.) -- The California Fish and Game Commission has released its final agenda for the August 12-13 meeting in Sacramento, and once again Petition 2025-003 - seeking to legalize domestic ferrets as pets in California - is not on the agenda. This meeting represents the Commission's last regularly scheduled public opportunity to consider the petition before "Wright v. California Fish and Game Commission et al." is heard in Sacramento County Superior Court on October 2, 2026, Legalize Ferrets announced today.
California Ferret Petition Remains Unresolved After 378 Days: Accepted, Not Denied, Never Decided
NATIONAL NEWS (LA MESA, Calif.) -- Three hundred seventy-eight days after the California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted to give further consideration to a petition seeking removal of domestic ferrets from California's restricted species list, the petition remains unresolved, says Legalize Ferrets (Legalizeferrets.org).
California Ferret Ban was Inherited in 1933 and Never Determined, says non-profit Legalize Ferrets
SAN DIEGO, Calif. /Massachusetts Newswire: -- After nearly eight months of waiting for public records, Legalize Ferrets (LegalizeFerrets.org) has obtained internal California Fish and Game Commission documents confirming that California's ban on domestic ferrets was never based on scientific or administrative findings.
CA Fish and Game Can’t Produce Single ‘Wild and Dangerous’ Document or Respond to Records Request from LegalizeFerrets
LA MESA, Calif. /Massachusetts Newswire: -- On February 12, 2025, a formal Public Records Act (PRA) request was submitted to the California Fish and Game Commission seeking documentation to justify the classification of domestic ferrets as "not normally domesticated in California" by LegalizeFerrets.org. The request specifically asked for any scientific studies, internal memos, environmental risk assessments, or correspondence used to uphold the ongoing prohibition of domestic ferrets under Title 14, Section 671 of the California Code of Regulations.
