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.
Advocates say 18 months of good-faith participation has been met with silence as the final Commission meeting before the October 2 court date passes without any consideration
LA MESA, Calif. /Mortgage and Finance News/ — 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.
The petition was formally accepted in June 2025 for “further consideration.” In the eighteen months since, the Commission has issued no written determination, no public evaluation, and no vote. While the August agenda includes open discussion of numerous marine and wildlife petitions, domestic ferret legalization appears only in closed session under “litigation updates.”…