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🦦 The Forgotten Ferret Hearings: How Fish & Game’s Behavior in 2010–2011 May Come Back to Bite Them

By LegalizeFerrets.org

For years, ferret advocates have suspected that something wasn’t right inside the California Fish & Game Commission. We were told our issue had been addressed “four or five times,” then “a dozen times,” yet no one could cite the meetings. We were told to provide studies, and when we did, we were ignored. We were told to start environmental review, and when we submitted it, we were told it hadn’t been seen. We were told to follow procedures—and when we followed them, we were told the Commission didn’t want to deal with ferrets at all.

Now, thanks to a deep dive into the Public Records Act (PRA) files released in 2024–2025, something astonishing has become clear:

Nearly every ferret-related meeting from 2010, 2011, and even early 2012 is completely missing from the official record.

Not “hard to find.”
Not “archived offline.”
Not “produced in part.”

Missing. Entirely.

🎥 Video Evidence: The Missing Ferret Hearings (2010–2012)

Each of these public comment sessions is on video — yet none appear in the Commission’s PRA files.

If you have the video for March 7, 2012, we will update this archive.

⚠️ What Was Said Back Then Still Matters Today

These missing meetings weren’t meaningless. They included CEQA discussions, expert testimony, jurisdictional challenges, enforcement complaints, and even a formal Commission declaration that they did not intend to move forward with ferret rulemaking.

Yet none of it appears in the official PRA files.

🐾 Why Their Behavior in 2010–2011 May Come Back to Bite Them

California agencies are legally required to maintain agendas, minutes, CEQA submissions, and public comment logs. When entire years disappear — and the missing meetings are the very meetings where ferrets were discussed — it raises serious questions about transparency and administrative integrity.

This missing history isn’t just embarrassing — it may have legal consequences under the PRA, CEQA, and the Administrative Procedures Act.

💥 And Now, That Broken History Is Finally on the Record

Fish & Game may have hoped those years would be forgotten. But thanks to video evidence, transcripts, and renewed PRA scrutiny, their handling of the ferret issue from 2010 to 2012 is finally being exposed.

And it may come back to bite the Commission harder than any ferret ever could.

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