He is taking his legalization crusade to the White House. If we’re all lucky, he’ll distract the president from his agenda for a little while.
The ferret ban, he says, “is a symptom of the disempowerment of the average person in California.”
Wright ran for Assembly and then lieutenant governor on a free-the-ferrets platform (and lost badly both times). He sued the Fish and Game Commission (and lost). He formed Ferrets Anonymous to gather political clout. He became an officer in the local Libertarian Party.
He held rallies in Sacramento and San Diego. He went to county jail for 17 terrifying days after tussling with a Fish and Game inspector who tried to seize one of his ferrets over an alleged biting incident at a rally.
Come on, who doesn’t love a good ferret-induced tussle with Johnny Law?
David Guthartz, executive president of New York Ferrets’ Rights Advocacy, called Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s radio call in show about the ban on pet ferrets in NYC. The Mayor leaned into the microphone on his desk and intoned, ”There is something deranged about you.” As David Guthartz tried to talk, he was continually interupted, “David, you are on my show. I have the right to talk over you.”
A diatribe against the ferret advocate ensued, with Mr. Giuliani saying things like, “The excessive concern you have for ferrets is something you should examine with a therapist” and “The excessive concern with little weasels is a sickness” and ”You should go consult a psychologist or a psychiatrist and have him help you with this excessive concern — how you are devoting your life — to weasels.”