LegalizeFerrets.org

I was biking to work today and saw a bumper sticker in the vicinity of Rainbow Grocery for LegalizeFerrets.org ... I kind of giggled and wondered at how everyone in northern California has a cause; there's one out there for everybody. I mulled it over for a moment and thought how its kind of silly to criminalize an animal; but then I thought back to how I ran into some friends of mine from high school when I lived in Berkeley and went over to their house where there were several ferrets in residence. They were really cute to look at, but they moved incredibly quickly and had absolutely no attention span and seemed only to be interested in finding food in any and all crevices, whether it be in the couch or your armpit. Imagine an overgrown squirrel on crack. Then I thought about the idea of them being everywhere, like cats in San Francisco, or possums in Berkeley, or mongoose in Hawaii. Ick. But I believe in democratic process and think that everyone should have their cause heard, so go check it out. There are some compelling arguments on this page of their site. Enjoy.


ADDENDUM: So of course being that the theme of the day is ferrets, I just happened to run across this hilarious flash animation by weworkforthem that is about, yes, a ferret on a flying carpet traveling thru the hinterlands of ferret-opia. In their words:

"The ferret journeys on his flying carpet to see the surreal creatures on this psychotic stretch of land. Creatures beg for nachos, a brown lump rocks the microphone while guitars dream of love and love dreams of heartache. Things get wild when the ferret travels on the octopus' turf. The violin warns the child, but it's too late until they meet the grand conductor that sings the mountain's praises."