I'm not a ferret, I'm a bunny.
Posted on 03/20/2007 8:35:32 AM PDT by pissant
Ferrets, rejoice.
Or at least, breathe what may be a short-lived sigh of relief.
The New York City Council voted 26 to 13 yesterday, with 7 abstentions, to end the bandit status of the small, furry cousin of the weasel, mink and skunk. But the bill legalizing ferrets as pets failed to pass by a veto-proof margin, and Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has not been shy about the fact that he is no ferret lover.
''The fight isn't over,'' said Carol Rainey, a Chelsea filmmaker who owns two ferrets.
The ferret legalization bill caused an unusually emotional, party-fracturing and, at times, humorous debate yesterday in the Council chambers, which was marked by alternating hissing and applause from Ms. Rainey and about 25 other ferret owners who assembled in the balcony for the show.
Councilman Noach Dear, an Orthodox Jew and Democrat from Brooklyn, said he could not vote in favor of the legalization of ferrets as pets for a simple reason: he was reminded by his rabbi that they are not kosher.
Councilwoman Una S. T. Clarke and Councilman A. Gifford Miller disagreed over whether rabbits and human babies smell alike, after a suggestion by some opponents of legalization that ferrets were once bred to hunt out and attack bunnies.
''My baby does not smell like a rabbit,'' said Mr. Miller, a Manhattan Democrat and proud father of a 6-month-old child, evoking an outburst of cheers and applause from the balcony. ''I have no problem then with a ferret spending time with my baby, because he will be safe,'' he added.
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I'm not a ferret, I'm a bunny.
I have no idea what the hell this is about.
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LOL. So you posted the 6 year old story anyway?
(((SOB!!!)))I guess Rudy lost the Ferret vote - excuse me while I jump off a bridge! ;-)
ROFLMAO!!
Can you imagine what would happen after you got weasels running loose in the city? Could they cross bread with the 20 lb Norway rats that infest the city? Could they swim for miles up sewer pipes and bite you in the butt on your own toilet?
No thanks!
It's about Rudy, in a fashion befitting a dictator, outlawing ferrets just because he doesn't like them.
That's the critical factor here.
As I recall from my reading of Leviticus, beasts of the land are kosher if, and only if they have cloven hooves and chew the cud. This makes dogs, cats and bunnies all unclean, doesn't it? Does an animal being unclean prohibit an observant Jew from keeping it as a pet?
Rudy opposed legalizing ferrets. He wanted to be the boss weasel in NY.
Ferret don't run loose, and they are rats' natural enemies.
They eat rats, lot of them.
I think that many of us have all but conceded that Rudy will not get the pro-ferret vote.
We have enough RATS in this city! ;-)
"I have no idea what the hell this is about."
It shows to what degree he wants to micromanage people's lives. If he is this passionate about banning ferrets, how will he feel about that AR in your closet?
Does this mean Hillary is kosher?
"Is that a ferret in your pocket or are you glad to see me?"
Dear eventually became a Republican.
ROFL!
I thought Rudy owned a ferret:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw5kATQ1-Rs
LOL!
Can you imagine what would happen after you got weasels running loose in the city? Could they cross bread with the 20 lb Norway rats that infest the city? Could they swim for miles up sewer pipes and bite you in the butt on your own toilet?
No thanks!
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